EXPLORE STORIES
Stories are not one thing.
A story can belong to a person, a beloved creature, a place, a single moment, or something that refuses to fit neatly into a box.
These are the five story types we use to help you begin.
Start with what reminds you.
01
A person
A life, character, voice or legacy.
02
A beloved creature
The animals who become family.
03
A place
Somewhere that holds a piece of you.
04
A moment
One day, season or turning point.
05
Other story
For everything that needs its own shape.
01
A person
For the person whose voice, habits, humour, courage or ordinary rituals deserve somewhere to live.
A person story might hold a life story, a tribute, a living legacy, or simply the details you never want to lose.
Story Builder may ask:
What always made you smile about them?
What phrase do you still hear in your head?
What small habit was unmistakably theirs?
02
A beloved creature
For the dogs, cats, horses, birds and glorious little weirdos who move into the family and alter the furniture, routine and heart permanently.
These stories can be playful, tender, living or memorial. The important bit is that the creature gets to remain a character, not a footnote.
Story Builder may ask:
What nickname did they answer to?
Where was their favourite place?
What funny habit still makes you smile?
family, but hairier
03
A place
For the house, path, beach, bench, street, garden or corner of the world that means more than it looks like it should.
A place story preserves what happened there and what nobody could know just by standing in front of it.
Story Builder may ask:
Why does this place matter?
What happened here?
What would someone never guess just by looking at it?
04
A moment
For one day, one season, one conversation or one before-and-after moment that deserves more than a date in a photo album.
Moment stories can hold celebration, change, discovery, family history or a message deliberately left for the future.
Story Builder may ask:
Why does this moment matter?
What do you hope someone discovers years from now?
What would you like your future self to remember?
05
Other story
Some stories begin with an object. A recipe. A song. A family tradition. A letter. A mystery. Something inherited. Something invented.
If the story matters but none of the other labels quite fit, this is where it belongs. We would rather make room for the story than force it into the wrong box.
Story Builder may ask:
What made you want to preserve this story?
What small detail would you hate to be forgotten?
What would you want someone discovering it years from now to understand?
Not sure what kind of story it is?
That is fine. Start with what reminds you. The Story Builder is designed to help the shape appear as you go.
Person. Creature. Place. Moment.
Or something entirely your own.
