Considering selling a story to a newspaper, magazine or TV? Have a look on this page at our recently sold real life stories – for the vast majority of interviewees their journey to sell a story began when they contacted us … and here are the results!
For free advice and to see if you have a story to sell, click here: Sell My Story to email us some details about your story – or simply fill in the form on the right. For more details on the process go to How it Works.
Read some of our recent real life stories below…
THE POIGNANT STORY OF TWO CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS BOTH DIED JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS…
After their parents died in an horrific helicopter crash on their wedding day, Ella, 2, and Scott, 5, were taken in by their selfless aunt, Lorraine and her husband, Stuart.
Lorraine, who already had two sons with Stuart, told the heart-warming story of her battle to rebuild their shattered lives and ultimately to become one family, to the Daily Mail and it went over more than two pages. In fact, Her emotional story was one of the best read over the Christmas 2008 period and attracted over 100 comments on the website from well-wishers all over the world.
Lorraine’s story has also been sold to Woman magazine. To read her story in the newspaperclick here.
THE MUM WHO DISCOVERED HER OWN CANCER CURE
When divorced mum of two Dawn Green was given three months to live, she planned her own funeral and organised the holiday of a lifetime to Disneyland with her daughters.
But just before she was due to go, Dawn, 32, looked up her one in a million cancer and discovered a cure…
Dawn wanted to sell her incredible story and, unsurprisingly, several publications were very keen to print it. Her story finally appeared in TheSunday Mirror, Best, and Reveal magazines. She also went on to feature onITV’s This Morning.
Dawn told me: ‘I have to thank you for all your hard work and making this such a wonderful experience.’
Adoption can be so tough…
Clair and her adoptive mum Wendy’s real life story of how adoption can be so tough was one of the best-read real life stories when it appeared in the Daily Mail. Read it here >
Their emotional and personal stories – how Wendy was so thrilled when she adopted Clair and yet Clair always longed for her ‘real’ mum – have also been sold to Best, Bella and ITV’s This Morning as well as The Sun.
Says Clair: ‘When I decided to sell my story to Featureworld I wasn’t even sure selling my story was possible, let alone that Alison
would manage to sell it to so many newspapers and magazines. Mum (Wendy) and I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole selling our story experience.’
I am constantly rung by newspapers and magazines asking, ‘do you have any new true-life emotional reads for us?’ So if you want to sell a real life story – and it is an emotional one! – then I am the media agent and writer to sell your story for you … please send me your personal real life story to alison@featureworld.co.uk.
Eyelash tint did this to me!
When teenager Kristina Brown had her eyelashes and eyebrows tinted, she was horrified to wake up the next day, her eyes swelled up like tennis balls.
Thankfully, Kristina’s eyes have now recovered. Her story was sold to the Sunday Mirror and Reveal magazine.
The Truth about Heather Mills
Robin Barratt and his Russian wife Inna were thrilled when Heather Mills, then wife of Sir Paul McCartney, agreed to help them buy mum Maria new legs.
The UK couple had vowed to help Russian-born Maria – who lost both her legs in a train. But Heather never did anything and the couple were left to buy Maria’s legs themselves.
Robin and Inna’s story appeared in the News of the World.
Maria Rubkina meets Heather Mills (Photo courtesy Robin Barratt) >
I found skeletons under my dining room floor…
The woman who found fifteen (at last count..!) skeletons under her dining room whilst digging a basement extension at her cottage. Read Mum Catherine’s spooky story here, which unsurprisingly created a lot of interest when appeared in the Daily Mail.
It also appeared in the Daily Mirror, Channel 5 and ITN news. Catherine’s story has already been sold to a magazine which will be printing a update on the tally of bodies discovered – she tells me the numbers could climb to 40! Catherine initially wanted some ‘cuttings’ to put in her basement when it was finished – I think Featureworld has certainly achieved that!
AND … The big news for 2008 is repackaging – why sell your story to one newspaper or magazine – or even two – when Featureworld can sell your story to three publications or more…?
A few 2008 real life, showbiz and news stories that have benefited from repackaging by Featureworld …
I left my husband for his best man …
Karen Mears’ story about how she left her husband for the best man appeared over THREE pages in Real People magazine and then in a double page in Woman’s Own. In this case Karen’s money wasn’t only doubled – it was tripled.
Because, as well as the magazines, Karen’s story also went into The Daily Mail over THREE pages. Read it here >
Addicted to sunbeds…
Teenage tanorexic Aimee Broberg’s story about her sunbed addiction has also been sold to Look magazine, and Chatmagazine but also appeared in the Sunday Mirror.
X Factor Leon’s story appeared at the New Year – in theSunday Mirror, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday and the Daily Mirror.
And an update on Elaine Jewitt’s story – she has since married Stewart and their wedding was featured in Closer and Pick me Up …! Elaine’s story has also appeared in the Daily Mirror.
Two double page spreads in different national newspapers…
Midwife Catherine Hales story about having a baby in every decade appeared in double page spreads in the Daily Mail and the Sunday People.
I was Forced to Marry my Cousin
Khaleda’s story about how she was forced to marry her cousin, then escaped an honour killing was in double page spreads in both The Sunday Mirror and the Daily Mail.
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After their parents died in an horrific helicopter crash on their wedding day, Ella, 2, and Scott, 5, were taken in by their selfless aunt, Lorraine and her husband, Stuart.
