My Storymaker is a free site for students to write and share stories. What makes My Storymaker unique is how it creates the story.
Students begin by choosing a main character, a goal, and another minor character. Using the student's choices, the site creates a simple title for the story.
Students can click on a character and manipulate them in several ways. They can change the emotion of the character, perform an action alone, or perform an action with another character, such as seen at right.
The interesting thing about My Storymaker is that the selected character actually performs the action on the screen!
The interesting thing about My Storymaker is that the selected character actually performs the action on the screen!
As the character performs the action, the site creates a sentence automatically at the bottom of the picture. This makes Storymaker perfect for beginning writers or those students with writing disabilities. Students can click on the sentence to alter it if they want.
The screen displays many options for characters, items, scenery, and backgrounds. The site is a basic click and drag interface, which is intuitive for young users.
The storyboard appears at the top of the screen, above the current page.
When users are finished writing, they click the red "end" flag on the right.
The storyboard appears at the top of the screen, above the current page.
When users are finished writing, they click the red "end" flag on the right.
Finished stories can be viewed, downloaded, printed, or shared. Users are also given a unique code so they can view their story from the main website.
Overall, My Storymaker is a great website for young writers or those with writing difficulties. Give it a try and see what you think!
Overall, My Storymaker is a great website for young writers or those with writing difficulties. Give it a try and see what you think!