COSTELLO STORY SESSIONS
HELPING YOU FIND THE stories within
Everyone has stories worth sharing.
Giving a personal story is one of the most meaningful, enduring ways we can show people we love them. At Costello Story Sessions, our belief in the power of personal storytelling motivates us to help bring more meaning to others’ relationships. Our goal is to help elicit content from within you and turn it into compelling stories, to eventually share with others in the form of a gift. We do this through guided writing sessions, custom writing prompts, and energizing opening exercises.​​​​​​
Introducing MICRO MEMOIRS.
Write a life story in an hour.
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Imagine the written equivalent of a snapshot, an impression from a moment in time. That's all it takes to share a little bit of your life with someone else. With warm-up exercises, custom prompts, and guided free-writes, our one-hour class will help people of all writing levels develop a first draft related to a memory, that is about a page long. After the class, participants will have the option to work with us to develop this micro memoir into a story they can gift to someone else.
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Interested in hosting this writing class in your community? Let us know.​
STORIES FOR birthdays.
Gift your heart and mind.​
Imagine that it is the birthday of a person you care about and you wish you were closer. They open a gift from you. On a single sheet of heavy paper, beautifully designed, is a story that you wrote. Perhaps you wrote about where you were the day they were born. Or perhaps it is an ode to something you both enjoy. This person reads the story and is moved to laughter, or tears, or both. Later, this story is a source of conversation between you both. They feel closer to you because you shared something from your heart and mind. Perhaps they display the story somewhere they can see it everyday and be reminded of you. This is the lasting gift of a personal story, and Costello Story Sessions is here to help you craft it. Sign up now.
Holiday LETTERS
Do something different this year.​
​Holiday letters often feel like something you have to do, rather than something you enjoy. What if, this year your holiday letter becomes a story, a way to gift a bit of yourself with others? In this session, we help writers formulate a theme for their holiday letter, generate content, and add creative elements to their story. This is not just for Christmas letters; we can tailor this to any holiday our writers observe.
Read more about how my mom's holiday letters inspired me to want to share this gift with others: Not Your Average Christmas Letter.
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