Uncategorized @en-US 07 Apr 2017 How to Capture Your Parents’ Life Stories How much do you really know about your parents’ lives? So many stories took place before you were born, or… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 30 Sep 2016 Three Women, Three Powerful Life Stories H ave you ever tried to keep a diary? It can be challenging to keep up the discipline - but… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 13 Sep 2016 How to Collect and Record Memories Turning the meaningless into the meaningful We record memories and keep mementos, often unconsciously, on a daily basis. We know… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 09 Sep 2016 Does Your Story Have Legs? The second instalment of The Life of a Backstory. By fleshing out the backstory and asking some key questions, writers can… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 25 Aug 2016 Questions to Inspire Memories and Life Stories A great way to learn about someone’s past is to start by asking them questions about their early life. It’s… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 17 Aug 2016 How To Write My Life Story I once came across a quote by the author Kate Rockland, which read: “Relationships consist of telling your same life… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 04 Aug 2016 Ghostwriting: Myths and Misconceptions Ghostwriting can be loosely defined as the process of writing a book on someone else’s behalf. The contribution of a… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 26 Jul 2016 How to Write a Memoir First-things-first, let’s establish precisely what a memoir actually is. It is not an autobiography. An autobiography is an account of… Theo Brainin
Corporate storytelling 18 Jul 2016 The Recipe for a Good Ghostwriter Problem: you want to share your story, but you feel as though you don’t have the time or the necessary… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 12 Jul 2016 The Life of a Back Story I’m a starer. My husband is always picking me out about it because it’s so obvious, so blatant, so (God… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 28 Jun 2016 Steal Like An Artist – Memoir Inspiration Last year I was attending a short story course, and on the reading list was a little book by Austin… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 07 Jul 2016 How do you define Life Writing? How do you define life writing? Life Writing is the blanket term used to describe all written non-fiction recordings of memories.… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized 21 Jun 2016 The Importance of Dementia Focused Books If you've found this blog post you are most likely looking for help finding a "dementia book". Whether you have or… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US Photo by Hilke Kurzke 18 Jun 2016 Creative Writing Tips Whether your project is a short story, a biography, a series of novels or anything in between, creative writing can… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US Thanks to Aaron for pressing the shutter release. He is himself an aspiring photographer now, thanks to the Canon AE-1 he borrowed from his dad. Project365: 233/365 13 Jun 2016 How the internet has transformed the Life Story “For many years I have had a big social presence and even though I love using Facebook and Instagram and… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US Photo by Fredrik Rubensson 10 Jun 2016 Writing to preserve memories 'Tell me about when you were a little girl.' Coaxing stories and memories out of parents and grandparents was at… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 04 May 2016 Nepal Earthquake One Year On: The Earth Moved Last April, Row and Tom Smith were celebrating a successful climb to Tsergo Ri peak in Langtang, Nepal when they… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US Picture by starmanseries 26 Apr 2016 How to write a good biography The best biographies are written for novel reasons. A biography aims to inform, captivate, enrage, inspire, or all of the above.… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 10 Mar 2016 Memoir vs Autobiography: What’s the Difference? Memoir vs autobiography. Autobiography vs memoir. What's the difference? The words autobiography and memoir exist as distinctly separate, albeit similar, words that describe… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 28 Jan 2016 10 Things We Loved About Amsterdam Recently, the Story Terrace U.K. team flew to Amsterdam to visit our Dutch counterparts and boy are our arms tired! In… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 12 Jan 2016 Out of the Darkness, Into the Light In her biography, Into the Light, Teresa Samuels recalls her hometown of Wau in the south of Sudan, shaded by… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 16 Dec 2015 Tracing Family Genealogy Back to 1681 Sue’s story in a nutshell… Every month we like to bring you some insight on a completed Story Terrace book.… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 14 Dec 2015 7 TIPS FOR RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE Is it time to research your family history? Has something come into the fore in recent times that’s made you… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized @en-US 02 Dec 2015 HOW IT WORKS THE STORY TERRACE PROCESS | STEP 5 Your own Story Book – How does it work? In six simple steps, you can take part in creating your… Theo Brainin
Uncategorized 30 Nov 2015 Story Terrace Writer Feature: Andrew Bird In our Writer Feature this month, Story Terrace interviews their ghostwriter Andrew Bird. Andrew writes from his home in Reading… Theo Brainin
