{"id":1730,"date":"2008-12-12T13:15:43","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2008-12-12T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T22:28:09","slug":"writeshops-story-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"WriteShop&#8217;s Story Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a>, I read that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writeshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Kautzer at WriteShop<\/a> was gifting some Christmas Story Builders for the Holiday.\u00c2\u00a0 As I feel that writing is something we really don&#8217;t do well &#8211; and I&#8217;d heard about Story Builders but never actually used them &#8211; I jumped on the chance to try them out.<\/p>\n<p>So, today I let him start his story by choosing his cards.\u00c2\u00a0 He randomly choose:<\/p>\n<p>Character:\u00c2\u00a0 mother<\/p>\n<p>Character Trait: mean spirited<\/p>\n<p>Setting: toy store<\/p>\n<p>Plot: comes to life<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really hoping I&#8217;m not the main character!\u00c2\u00a0 If I&#8217;m not, I&#8217;ll share his story here when it&#8217;s done!\u00c2\u00a0 If I am&#8230;well, he&#8217;ll be grounded! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>(Just read my blog post to J1 &#8211; and he laughed and said &#8220;Crud, I need to rewrite it!&#8221; LOL\u00c2\u00a0 Funny kid!!)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1730&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=WriteShop%27s%20Story%20Builders\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730\" data-text=\"WriteShop&#039;s Story Builders\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"WriteShop's Story Builders\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1730\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20WriteShop%27s%20Story%20Builders&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1730&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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