The Novella
YOUR LOVE STORY, WRITTEN FOR THE CEREMONY.
Every couple has a story.
Not just how you met, but the near misses, the unlikely beginnings, the in-jokes that make absolutely no sense to anyone else, and the tiny details that somehow say everything.
The Novella is my signature piece of storytelling: a cinematic retelling of your love story, written by me and performed during your wedding ceremony.
Personal, full of character and entirely yours.
This isn't a generic wedding speech with your names dropped in. It's a story built from the details only you could give me, brought together with the craft of a writer and the delivery of a performer.
The result? A room full of people drawn into your story, laughing at the bits they recognise, discovering things they never knew and feeling part of the reason everyone is there.
IT STARTS WITH THE STORYBOOK.
THE GOOD STUFF IS IN THE DETAILS.Once you're booked, I'll send you The Storybook: my Couples' questionnaire designed to get beneath the surface and uncover what makes your relationship yours.
The meet-cute. The milestones. The almosts. The unexpected turns. The people, places and moments that brought you here.
I'll ask the questions that get you reminiscing, remembering and occasionally saying, “Oh my God, I'd forgotten about that.”
Because it's rarely just the big milestones that make a story.
Sometimes it's a first impression that went spectacularly wrong. A holiday that changed everything. A ridiculous shared obsession. Or the little thing one of you does that the other secretly loves.
Those are the details that bring a story to life.
FROM STORYBOOK TO NOVELLA.
YOUR STORY, THROUGH MY LENS.I take everything you share and begin to shape it into a story with its own rhythm, personality and point of view.
The funny bits get their moment. The meaningful details find their place. The people who matter are woven in, and the little threads that run through your relationship begin to connect.
Written to be performed, the words are crafted with the room in mind — the laughter, the pauses, the emotion and the moments when everyone suddenly realises exactly what you're talking about.
It's storytelling with an audience at its heart.
And because no two relationships follow the same script, no two Novellas should ever sound alike.
EVERY STORY NEEDS A TITLE.
YOUR VERY OWN CINEMATIC CALLING CARD.Before we even get to the first line, your love story gets its own film-style title.
A little nod to the world of cinema, a little wink at your relationship, and a title that belongs to the two of you.
Think DANCE FLOOR REWIND, THE BUENO BEGINNING or YOU HAD ME AT CRÈME BRÛLÉE.
Witty, personal and just the right amount of unexpected.
Because this isn't somebody else's love story with your names attached.
It's yours. Right down to the title.
YOUR STORY. YOUR CEREMONY.
The Novella is the signature storytelling piece at the heart of The Ceremony, my Celebrant and Ceremony creation experience.
It's where your story takes centre stage: written to be performed, shared with your favourite people and remembered long after the last word.
Ready to tell me your story?