Subject: It's Alive! You can now make money from your creations on Story City!

Hey Friend,

Welcome to the monthly Creator Newsletter from Story City, we've got some big news. We're super excited to announce that as a creator, you can now sell your experiences on the Story City app! More below:

Also in this edition: productivity hacks, cool Indigenous musicians to check out, an app that allows you to learn new languages, and a laugh-filled escape room adventure.

Speaking of which, we’ve joined Tiktok!? Who knows how it’ll turn out but please do join us as we explore Gen Z’s fav social media platform! 

Make Money Doing What You Love with Story City!

It's alive! It's alive!

We're incredibly excited to announce the payment system is now live! So not only can you use our easy to use templates, tools, and resources to make your own interactive stories, you can now sell them too!

It's as simple as setting up an account here, entering your payment details via our partner Stripe, and you're ready to create and sell. We can't wait to see what you make and promote it to the world!

Productivity Hacks/Resources

Creative Mornings Talk

Our heartfelt gratitude to the hundreds of creators who joined us last week in our creative morning session. In case you missed it don’t worry – we've got you covered! Check out the video as we delve into how to bring our cities and arts industries back to life in the post pandemic era. It’s time for us creators to take the pandemic recovery into our own hands!

4 Ways to Make Your Content and Stories More Interactive 

These days fans are wanting more than content - they want to be involved! This article will help you learn unique ways to make your content and stories more interactive.

Productivity Hacks

If journaling your day is an exciting prospect but making it a habit is a bit tricky, we feel you! In this self-growth piece, there’s tons of info about the benefits of journaling, and tips on getting started like writing 1 sentence each day - as simple as creating your first adventure with Story City templates!!!  

Creative Brainstorming Sessions

We want to build a platform that is valuable to you and helps you build a full-time creative career. We’re excited to share that we’ll be starting a Creative Brainstorming Session once a week every Tuesday afternoon at 4 pm MST where we delve deep into creating choose-your-own-adventures, interactive stories, and creating satisfying adventures. We pinky-promise this registration will only take 2 mins!

Creator Spotlight – Thom Lion

Award winning sound designer, radio producer, and songwriter Thom Lion is known for his creative flair and strong directional skills - continuously extracting the best out of actors & voice talent throughout his collaborations. His new release “Scattered Words” amidst the pandemic will put a groove in your move. You can find him on the web, Facebook, Twitter @Thom__Lion, or on Instagram: @thomlion. 

Did you know Thom also did the production for The Adelaide Time Travel Caper and Hide and Seek Alien Style, available for free in the Story City App? These real-life adventurers are not to be missed!

Random Things We Found That We Think You’ll Like 

Apps We Love  

Duolingo 

If you’re trying to learn a new language or preparing for your trip abroad, Duolingo allows you to enhance your reading and writing skills in other languages through fun tasks and interactive games.  

Creators We’re Digging 

What’s your fun escape this summer? For us it’s music! As World Music Day was on June 21^st, we’d like to share a list of 10 cool indigenous musicians that will make your ears rejoice with soulful melodies.  

YouTube Fun 

If you’re looking to add a pinch of humor in your daily diet, check out this laugh-filled celebrity escape room adventure! Jack Black leads Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Adam Scott and Ben Stiller through a laugh-filled escape room adventure as they solve puzzles, find clues and crack jokes – all for a good cause as part of Red Nose Day. 

Your Questions, Answered! 

This week's question: I write novels, but how would I apply those skills to an interactive adventure?

Most of the people who have written choose-your-own-adventures with Story City are either novelists or children book writers. You write in a similar way to a regular book, but the chapters take place at specific locations. You can think of these locations as different scenes in your novel. Plus, our producers will provide helpful feedback during the review process and can help with the interactive portion of the adventure! 

We look forward to bringing you more fun and interesting topics in our next newsletter, until then, we hope your month is full of adventures!   

Warmly, 

The Story City Team 

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Subject: It's Alive! You can now make money from your creations on Story City!

Creator Spotlight – Thom Lion