Theo Brainin

How much do you really know about your parents’ lives? So many stories took place before you were born, or…

H ave you ever tried to keep a diary? It can be challenging to keep up the discipline - but…

Turning the meaningless into the meaningful We record memories and keep mementos, often unconsciously, on a daily basis. We know…

The second instalment of The Life of a Backstory. By fleshing out the backstory and asking some key questions, writers can…

A great way to learn about someone’s past is to start by asking them questions about their early life. It’s…

I once came across a quote by the author Kate Rockland, which read: “Relationships consist of telling your same life…

Ghostwriting can be loosely defined as the process of writing a book on someone else’s behalf. The contribution of a…

First-things-first, let’s establish precisely what a memoir actually is. It is not an autobiography. An autobiography is an account of…

I’m a starer. My husband is always picking me out about it because it’s so obvious, so blatant, so (God…

Last year I was attending a short story course, and on the reading list was a little book by Austin…

How do you define life writing? Life Writing is the blanket term used to describe all written non-fiction recordings of memories.…

Whether your project is a short story, a biography, a series of novels or anything in between, creative writing can…

“For many years I have had a big social presence and even though I love using Facebook and Instagram and…

'Tell me about when you were a little girl.' Coaxing stories and memories out of parents and grandparents was at…

Last April, Row and Tom Smith were celebrating a successful climb to Tsergo Ri peak in Langtang, Nepal when they…

The best biographies are written for novel reasons. A biography aims to inform, captivate, enrage, inspire, or all of the above.…

Memoir vs autobiography. Autobiography vs memoir. What's the difference? The words autobiography and memoir exist as distinctly separate, albeit similar, words that describe…

Recently, the Story Terrace U.K. team flew to Amsterdam to visit our Dutch counterparts and boy are our arms tired! In…

In her biography, Into the Light, Teresa Samuels recalls her hometown of Wau in the south of Sudan, shaded by…

Sue’s story in a nutshell… Every month we like to bring you some insight on a completed Story Terrace book.…

Is it time to research your family history? Has something come into the fore in recent times that’s made you…

Your own Story Book – How does it work? In six simple steps, you can take part in creating your…