Remember When ... How to unlock your life story for writers and non-writers

by John Hockney

Overview

If only mum or dad, or grandma or grandpa could write down their life story. But where to begin, and how?

This is the essential handbook to help you write your life memories or those of a loved one. Each chapter helps you focus on a typical topic (school, sweethearts, clothes, family characters, festive days, etc.) with a wide range of trigger questions and story examples from the author's own sometimes-delightfully eccentric family.

John Hockney is a gifted, professional story-teller passionate about helping people unlock their wealth of memories even if they're not a skilled creative writer.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148627579
Publisher:	Citrus Press
Publication date:	07/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John was born and raised in Bradford in England, and is the brother of the renowned painter, David Hockney. He emigrated to Australia in 1964.

John is a professional storyteller and writer and works with school children to help them unleash their creativity, and with seniors to help them draw out their life stories. With the right props and trigger questions he has even elicited remarkable responses from people who were thought to have lost their capacity to speak or communicate with their carers.

He has performed at the numerous National Storytelling Festivals as well as at schools in Australia, the USA and UK, and has presented Storytelling workshops in Australia and to multicultural audiences in Singapore and Bangkok.

Editorial Reviews

Hockney, who feels passionately that we should preserve the extraordinary stories of ordinary peoples’ lives says he’s always coming across people who tell him, ‘I wish I could write. I’d love to write my story, but it’s such a big job.’ They want to leave a legacy for their family, but the thought of writing a whole life is impossibly daunting for them. His book helps them evokes the objects, touches and smells of days gone by.

The Age newspaper - J Sullivan