The Storymatic is a writing prompt, a teaching tool, a parlor game, and a toy. Combine a few of the 500+ cards, and watch a story take shape before your eyes. No wires. No screens. No batteries… Just a box of pure imagination.
The basics of The Storymatic could not be easier. First, draw two gold cards. Combine the information on the two cards to create your main character. For example, if you draw "surgeon" and "amateur boxer," your character is a surgeon who is also a boxer. Next, draw one or two copper cards. Let the information on the cards lead you into a story. Wild cards are interspersed throughout, and they prompt you to go in directions you might not ordinarily go.
There are literally trillions of stories in The Storymatic. That's a lot of stories, but there's one thing missing--a person like you to tell them.
The booklet that comes with each Storymatic is filled with prompts, suggestions, and games for writers, teachers, visual artists, and anybody who likes to tell stories and play games.
The Storymatic is awesome! I'm gonna tell all the writers and writing teachers I know!
So often the only roadblock to unleashing creativity is the initial one of facing a "blank page." The Storymatic gets you over that hump, gets the creativity flowing, greases the wheels, and if only I could think of more metaphors! Seriously, once you're writing, it only gets better from there. What a terrific tool--now there's no excuse for writer's block... Hmm... on second thought, thanks a lot.
Gina DeAngelis
Emmy Award winner, 2007,
National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter
of National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences