HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
When
writing an autobiography, you focus on five major parts of
your life: How life began, what life means to you, your life experience
and where
you are in life, what your outlook and future is on life and finally
your life
conclusions. Your autobiography could spread over numerous pages or
just a few.
Include photos and memorabilia. (See H G Wells)
"Autobiographies
have been written since A.D. 400 when an
early Christian leader, Saint Augustine, wrote his." An autobiography
is
information about one's own life written by that one person. In it, it
tells
what that person's life is all about. When writing your own
autobiography, use
interesting facts to explain as much about yourself as you can.
How
your life began
The
first things you do when writing an autobiography is start off
with a lot of facts about your life; for example, your name and your
parents
name, where they came from including their family history, when and
where you
were born, where you lived, where you spent your childhood, where you
went to
school. You have to give a lot of information so your reader can
clearly
understand your beginning. Once you have written this introduction, you
are
ready to start your second Chapter of your autobiography.
What
life means to you?
In
this chapter you should state how you see life--what does life
mean to you. Are you happy or sad? Do you have a lot of friends or just
a few?
How do you make your days go by? Do you have a relationship? What are
your favourite
places to go on?
Your
life experience and where you are in life?
When
you are writing this part of the autobiography, you
usually explain the type of person you are; use facts about yourself
such as:
have you won any awards? Did you achieve anything? State any changes
throughout
your life! Remembering any events in your life! Your personal and
family
experiences!
What
is your outlook on life?
In
this chapter you should explain what you think of your life and
what the future will be like. Explain through your eyes: Where will you
be in
the future? What your expectations of the future, good or bad? Would you have changed anything in your past?
If so what?
Conclusion
The
conclusion is the last chapter of your autobiography and an important
one, too.
In the conclusion you usually try to re-word the introduction and add
some type
of closure to bring the whole autobiography together, and how you would
like to
be remembered?
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