Subject: Random April Inspiration - Tools for Peace & Storytelling Trends!

Hey Friend,

Welcome to your new, monthly newsletter for Story City Creators. Spring is in the air and we have exciting things to share!

You signed up to our newsletter in the past on our website, and while we’ve been a little quiet over the years, with the launch of our brand-new app and our creator tools (where you can make your own adventures!) we’re hoping these monthly newsletters both entertain, delight, and provide professional development (PD) to help you create not only adventures, but a thriving creative career.

Each newsletter will include story and project inspiration, PD resources, creator spotlights, and some fun random things we’ve found on the internet that we thought you’d like.

And we do mean random.

In this edition, we bring you Story City's tools for peace, blogging trends, and 14 ways to make money through your passion in 2022. Enjoy!

Want to Start Creating But Don’t Know Where To Begin? Here’s Some Inspiration!

Exploring New Orleans’ Dark Past & Haunted Present: Interactive ‘Lore’ Podcast Experience

Adapted from horror podcast, Lore, this blog reimagines Aaron Manhke’s creepy stories as a self-guided walking tour through some of the most haunted places in New Orleans. What sort of locative experiences could you adapt (and sell!) of your own already-created podcasts or content?

Professional Development Resources for You

Did You Miss the March PD Session?

Never fear! Here’s an excerpt from our March Session highlighting how to uplevel and gamify non-fiction experiences using tools available on Story City App.

Register here to be notified about our upcoming sessions. Is there a topic you’d like to deep dive into? Let us know and we’ll make sure to tailor future PD sessions to cover it!

Creator Resources

You don’t need to be tech savvy to create with us. Just use the methods you already love to creator and our tools do the rest!

This Creator Resources video will help you brainstorm ideas on how to turn anything (games, fiction, dance, protests! etc) into interactive stories that bring you revenue (or awareness).

Your Feedback Matters

Get Your Serve of Survey Here!

We want to build a platform that is valuable to you, and helps you build a full-time creative career. We really value your opinion and pinky-promise this survey will only take 5 mins!

Plus, you'll go in the running to win a 1hr brainstorming session with CEO, Emily Craven, on ANY story, not just an interactive one! Emily’s been an editor/publisher for over a decade.

Creator Spotlight – Writer, Dimity Powell

The author of award-nominated Story City adventure, The Chapel of Unlove, Dimity Powell has written many books for children. Her words appear in school magazines, anthologies, online, and in junior novels and picture books. Congrats to Dimity on her new book "This is My Dad" set for release on March 15, celebrating families of all shapes and sizes.

Have you checked out Dimity’s comedic adventure, The Chapel of Unlove, on the Story City App yet? In this adventure your godmother is about to marry the man of your nightmares, an Elvis impersonator named, Barry. Will you help them make it to the chapel on time or sabotage this clearly disastrous match? Download the App and head into the streets of Hope Island on the Gold Coast to play! Or hit it up in Spoiler Mode from your favourite comfy seat at home.

Creator Spotlight – Musician, Jed Walters

Jed A. Walters is an award-winning composer and musician with diverse abilities on multiple instruments along with a vast understanding of genre and film scores that set him apart from your everyday musician. A big congratulations to Jed on starting a music school, Make Noise Music School, in the Gold Coast to share his knowledge with enthusiasts keen to discover the joy of music. The school offers training in acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and music production. You can also explore his music at Instagram and Facebook

He created the scores for Story City adventures the Book of the Sun, The Chapel of Unlove, and the Hokey Pokey. Will you choose to become a wizard using Australia’s first book of magic? Or perhaps go back in time to get your grandparents together in the surf-culture of the 50’s? Or do you choose to save (or sabotage) your god-mother’s wedding? Download the app and take one of these adventures in person, or enjoy them via Spoiler Mode from the comfort of your home.

Story City Creators, don’t forget to let us know when you have launched your latest piece-de-resistance for potential inclusion in our creator spotlights! It can be a new book, or music school 😉, or anything in between. The only ‘catch’ is that you have to have a published experience on the Story City app. So get creating!

Opportunities, Industry Trends, & Random Things We Think You’ll Like

Story City Peace Making Initiative

 We stand with the people of Ukraine who fight for their freedom, and with the people of Russia who do not want war. We hope those in both countries can use our creator tools, normally used for entertainment and games, for peace and protest. If you know anyone there who might be able to use Story City to those important stories in the places they protest, please share this page with them. Or use it to chronical your protests against the conflict in your home cities.

6 Blogging Trends to Capitalize on This Year

We’re all creators here, and as creators we know it can be tough to broaden your reach. This article highlights 6 ways to optimise blogging content to grow your audience.

14 Ways for Content Creators to Make (More) Money in 2022

If you want to transition your digital content creation skills from a hobby to a full-time job, one or more of the suggestions on this list might help tip the needle for you in 2022.

Things That Made Us Think 

How to Stop Lying to Ourselves: A Call for Self-Awareness

How many of us go 'all in' on a single skill or goal for longer than we should? This article made us think deeply about whether we’re actually making headway with our daily ‘work’, or if we’re lying to ourselves a little too much. An interesting self-growth piece for the remote/freelance work age.

Hey creators… Do you have an awesome, random, cool thing on the internet you think should get featured in our next Newsletter? Feel free to write us an email and we will give you a shout out for the suggestion in the coming Newsletters. 

Wishing you a month full of adventures. Thank you for joining ours!

Warmly,

The Story City Team

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Subject: Random April Inspiration - Tools for Peace & Storytelling Trends!

Professional Development Resources for You

Your Feedback Matters

Creator Spotlight – Writer, Dimity Powell

Creator Spotlight – Musician, Jed Walters

Things That Made Us Think

Things That Made Us Think 