How To Write A Biography

Historical Period Inspiration
In European and American history there are many interesting periods which could set the scene for a biography.
biography idea • how to choose a subject • biography writing • 1920s biographies • 1960s biographies

Writing A Biography
A biography is the story of someone else's life. Although the person may have exciting times and events in their life they will also have had less exciting times.
writers block • how to write biography • make boring facts interesting • writing tricks • creative writing

Writing a Biography – Get Researching
A compelling biography is often the result of how well the facts and details of someone's life are captured and translated into an interesting book or article.
biography writing • writing about someone • how to write a biography • writing about the life of another • story on someone's life

Writing a Biography – Getting Started
There is much more to writing a biography than putting down on paper, the facts and details of a person's life. Good biography writers turn facts into a compelling read.
biography writing • writing about someone • how to write a biography • writing about the life of another • story on someone's life

Interview With Biographer Andrew Lownie
The research and writing of biographies is a long and highly skilled task. Who better to advise on how best to tackle a biography than an accomplished biographer!
andrew lownie • john buchan biography • guy burgess biography • biography writing • biography research

Researching Family History
Family history and ancestry are often popular topics for writing a biography. Sometimes it just takes an interesting story or photography that can lead to much more.
writing family history • researching family • family memoir writing • research biography • research memoir

Source of Inspiration
Here's a list of books that are particularly useful to fantasy and science fiction writers.
writing • history • biography • dictionary • story

Bok Tower Gardens
A stunning memorial to one of the United States' most successful editors, Edward William Bok.
edward william bok • bok tower gardens • lake wales • florida • editor

Unraveling Bellow 's Ravelstein
I couldn't resist, after writing Ten Good Reasons, I wanted to really understand why Ravelstein had all the critics, popping open good champagne, and declaring 'This is cause for Celebration.' You know I think, for once, that they just might be right.
saul bellow • harold bloom • nobel prize • martin amis • books

An Interview with Linda Spalding
An interview with writer and editor Linda Spalding, editor of the literary journal Brick and the partner of Michael Ondaatje, about her 1998 book The Follow.
linda spalding • birute galdikas • orangutans • follow • key porter

How To Enjoy Reading: Fact vs. Fiction,
A brief look at A. S. Byatt's The Biographer's Tale segues to a more in-depth discussion about Harold Bloom's advice, eloquently expressed in How to Read and Why, regarding the reading and appreciation of literature.,A brief look at A. S. Byatt's The Biographer's Tale segues to a more in-depth discussion about Harold Bloom's advice, eloquently expressed in How to Read and Why, regarding the reading and appreciation of literature.
a. s. byatt • harold bloom • the biographer's tale • western canon • how to read and why

Choose a Biography Subject
When choosing a biography subject the choice should be made with a clear head. The writer should choose their subject as if choosing a soul mate to marry.
who to write about • writing biography • choosing a biography subject • biography inspiration • biography help

Clara Kellogg An American Prima Donna
The story of Clara Louise Kellogg, an American opera star of the late nineteenth early twentieth centuries who had an operatic career in North America and Europe.
clara louise kellogg • american opera singers • american sopranos • famous marguerite in faust • verdi's rigoletto

In Highest Regards
The Lyme Disease community has never before benefited from a conference as the one held on May 7, 2005. The true researchers and humanitarians were in full force and giving the details of their findings with regards to LD, MS, Parkinson's, ALS, CFS, and more.
may 7th lyme disease conference • professor garth nicholson • dr. jo anne whitaker • professor lida mattman • dr. steven phillips

Interview with a Genealogist
Writers who are researching a biography or writing a family memoir will need to dip into the world of genealogy. Suite 101 discusses this with a professional genealogist.
charles hughes • progenealogists • genealogy • family history • biography research

Multimedia Autobiographies
Biography and genealogy software can make writing an autobiography an easy flowing experience and is essential if tackling a family saga
biography software • writing a family biography • autobiography software • writing a family saga • writing an epic novel

Permissions for Use
For the uninitiated writing a book for commercial purposes it can be scary territory trying to decide if permissions for use should be sought and how to do it.
asking permission to use • copyright law • permission to use extracts • permission to use photos • find copyright owner

The God's Child Project's Growth
"The God's Child Project" has seen itself grow from a one room office to Central America's epicenter in the goal to end world poverty.
guatemalan ngo • ending world poverty • the god's child project • the dreamer center • nuestros ahijados

Vocabulary Word Game
Mad libs are a word game that creates a new story by changing a few selected words. Students will be laughing, as they learn a few concepts at the same time
funny mad libs • mad libs for kids • fun word game • vocabulary word game • vocabulary game

Washington Book Makes Money
Weems writes his biography of Washington for the money. He was a shrewd businessman and knew what the public wanted and needed. They needed a hero and bought one, a copy
george washington • president • weems • memorial • washington d. c.

Ways to Get Rid of Writer's Block
No words? No worries! There are plenty of strategies for clearing your mind and coming up with something new to write, or continuing with a current project.
how to get rid of writers' block • overcome writers' block • techniques to get over writers' block • writing strategies • writing about observations

What is an Unauthorized Biography?
The obvious answer to the question "what is an unauthorized biography?" includes some gray areas, as well as some surprises regarding who's most protected.
unauthorized biographies • unauthorized biography • biographers • writer's rights • author's rights

Carl Sandburg, Poems and Biographies
Brief biography and works of American writer and poet Carl Sandburg, best known for poetry and biographies of Abraham Lincoln.
carl sandburg poems • carl sandburg • life of carl sandburg • sandburg the poet • sandburg american whitman

Charlotte MacLeod/Alisa Craig
The mystery series of Charlotte MacLeod and Alisa Craig, her psuedonym.
mysteries • humor • books • cozy • macleod

Charlotte Small Thompson (1785-1807)
Charlotte Small was the Metis wife of explorer David Thompson. While her husband explored western Canada, she travelled with him or remained behind raising their family.
charlotte small • david thomspon • north west company • canadian fur trade • canadian exploration

Developing Great Screenplay Characters
So much depends on the actor connecting with the role. Screenwriters need to spend plenty of time on character development if they want the film to get made.
writing great characters • great screenplay characters • great roles for actors • screenwriting tips • character development

How To Write a Bibliography
Read any non-fiction book and there will be a bibliography in the back few pages. So how and why should a biography writer write a bibliography?
how to write a bibliography • biography bibliographies • referencing sources • why write bibliography • benefits of bibliography

How to Write a Response to a Work of Art
Response paper is a critical evaluation or, more specifically, an intellectual response to a piece of writing, movie or work of art.
artistic evaluation • interpretation of art • artistic reflection • art critique • criticism of art

Interview with Al Oickle, Walker Biographer
This is an interview I conducted with Alvin Oickle, Jonathan Walker biographer who wrote "Jonathan Walker: The Man With the Branded Hand."
jonathan walker • slavery • emancipation • freedom • escape

Marie-Antoinette and Axel Fersen
Count Axel Fersen is mostly famous as the alleged lover of Marie-Antoinette. Historians disagree about whether they were lovers or not.
marie-antoinette • axel fersen • romance marie-antoinette • lovers marie-antoinette • eleanore fersen

Pearl Buck--Part 1
A look at Stulting House, the birthplace of Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.
pearl buck • birthplace • stulting house • pearl s. buck birthplace museum • china

Pen Versus Computer
When writing a memoir, autobiography or biography which is mightier - the pen or the keyboard? One inspires and the other is more efficient and flexible.
writing by hand • authors who write by hand • to write by computer or hand • writing a book longhand • jk rowling long hand

Research for an Author Biography
What better inspiration for a writer than another writer? Writing the biography of another writer can be one of the easiest biography subjects to research.
author biography • research biographies • researching authors • research resources • writing about writers

Researching to Write an Artist's Biography
For a biography subject with easy research guaranteed then the savvy writer will choose an artist and make the long trawl of researching an enjoyable experience
biography of an artist • biography research • researching artists • writer research • choosing biography subject

Review - A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal
From his exile from Slovakia to the ghetto of Kielce, Poland and eventually to Auschwitz at the age of ten, Buergenthal's memoir is a remarkable tale of survival.
review • a lucky child • thomas buergenthal • autobiography • young boy

Review – Love, Janis by Laura Joplin
In this 2005 biography, another side of Janis Joplin is revealed by younger sister Laura, via the singer's letters home to family in Port Arthur, Texas.
love janis • janis joplin • laura joplin • pearl • biography of janis joplin

Review: The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
This week’s article is a review of Mythic Fantasy The Wood Wife by Terri Windling.
desert • arizona • windling • saguaro • cactus

Ross Barnett: A Life Obscured by the Race Issue
Historians have been negligent in studying Barnett's career as a whole because of his refusal to soften his stance on James Meredith's integration of Ole Miss.
ross barnett and ole miss • james meredith • civil rights movement • integration of ole miss • school segregation

The Bolter by Frances Osborne
Frances Osborne has written a poignant and moving biography of her great-grandmother, Idina Sackville.
idina sacville • the bolter • frances osborne • euan wallace • white mischief

The Charlotte Mason Approach to Homeschooling
Charlotte Mason may have died over eight decades ago, but Christian homeschoolers who follow her teaching approach say that her methods are still alive and relevant.
charlotte mason • christian homeschooling • christian homeschool curriculum • homeschool curriculum • home school curriculum

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