Autobiography
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Biography meaning
The word 'biography' is a combination of the Greek words 'bios', which means 'life', and 'graphia', which refers to 'writing'. Simply stated, this means that a biography is a written account of someone else's life.
Biography: a detailed written account of a real person's life authored by a different person.
The subject of the biography, that is, the person whose life the biography is describing could be a historical figure, a celebrity, a politician, an athlete or even an ordinary person with a life full of stories worth telling.
A biography is a factual recording of a person's life from their birth to death (or the time that the biography is being written). It contains detailed descriptions of the person's childhood, education, relationships, career and any other key touchstone moments that defined that person's life. Hence, a biography is a non-fictional form of writing.
Non-fiction: Literature that is based on real-life events and facts, rather than imagination.
The first-ever biographies can be traced back to Ancient Greece and Rome, where pe
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Exploring biographies
Watch: What is a biography?
A biography is a non-fiction text about someone's life.
Biographies are true pieces of text, based on fact, so biographers (the people who write biographies) have to do a lot of research. They use websites, letters, photographs, diaries and newspapers to help them.
Because biographies are written by someone else, they are written in the third person(//).
They are usually written in chronological order (the order in which events actually happened).
For example, watch this clip. It gives a biography of the scientist Marie Curie.
Watch: Biography of Stephen Hawking
Even though biographers do lots of research, they can only guess at what it was like to be that person, or the thoughts and feelings the person had.
If the person they want to write about, or anyone who knew them, is still alive, biographers sometimes carry out an interview to ask lots of questions about the person's life.
Here's another biography of a scientist, this time Professor Stephen Hawking.
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Amazing reasons why you should write a feature story
A feature article is the surefire trick to creating a whole life story super fast!
As a print journalist and life-story coach I have written many over the years.
So I know how powerful and far reaching they can be to preserve, celebrate and share life stories in no time.
Unlike a full-blown autobiography, creating a feature article about your life or a loved one’s life has many advantages…
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Quicker than a book
Many people tell me they want love to write their mother or father’s story but don’t have the time.
While a book project might take months or years, sitting down to write a feature article can be done in a few hours.
Plus it can be printed on just a couple of pages.
How great would that be!
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No need to be an expert
Many people dismiss writing an autobiography or memoir because they don
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