Our Biography 101 starts with a definition of what a biografie is. First and foremost it is a person's life story authored by another person for the purposes of public entertainment and as a historical document. It can take the form of a book, a film, an on line web entry or blog post. It could be a family scrapbook recording the history of its diverse members and in its shortest form can be a passing profile of someone from a particular aspect of their lives as an example a sportsperson.
Regardless of which media it is published in, a biography should be a factual document that reveals someone's personality, the events and mileposts in their lives and their victories and tribulations. It'll give an understanding into what has formed somebody and developed them into the person they became. The biography needs to capture chronologically the path of life quite literally from cradle to grave or to present day.
Some have such vivid and packed lives their biographies run to more than one volume and in the case of highly well-liked subjects; the following volume of their biography is enthusiastically awaited by the readers.
A biography hasn't got to be written about a living subject either, many excellent biographies have been created with astounding focus on detail about historic figures from sovereigns to friars, royalty to riff-raff and saint to sinner. Whoever the topic, the research abilities of the memoirist and his writing style can make or break the acclaim for a biography. Too factual and it becomes uninteresting, too anecdotal and it lacks gravitas (however for many present day celebrity biographies the more lurid the better).
The best balance is a work that gives us the facts, figures and dates we need for the timeline and the events, memories, stories and occasions experienced by the subject to give a well-rounded view.
Regardless of which media it is published in, a biography should be a factual document that reveals someone's personality, the events and mileposts in their lives and their victories and tribulations. It'll give an understanding into what has formed somebody and developed them into the person they became. The biography needs to capture chronologically the path of life quite literally from cradle to grave or to present day.
Some have such vivid and packed lives their biographies run to more than one volume and in the case of highly well-liked subjects; the following volume of their biography is enthusiastically awaited by the readers.
A biography hasn't got to be written about a living subject either, many excellent biographies have been created with astounding focus on detail about historic figures from sovereigns to friars, royalty to riff-raff and saint to sinner. Whoever the topic, the research abilities of the memoirist and his writing style can make or break the acclaim for a biography. Too factual and it becomes uninteresting, too anecdotal and it lacks gravitas (however for many present day celebrity biographies the more lurid the better).
The best balance is a work that gives us the facts, figures and dates we need for the timeline and the events, memories, stories and occasions experienced by the subject to give a well-rounded view.
About the Author:
Julian Roon is a dutch writer specialised in Biographies. This subniche is known as biografie schrijven in the Netherlands. Other areas include (in Dutch) : Biografie, biografie schrijven, levensverhaal laten schrijven, biografie laten schrijven, levensverhaal schrijven, autobiografie schrijven, levensverhaal en eenbiografie maken.
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