How to Write a Biography Essay

 

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Chapter 1

 

One may presume that every other person once asked himself/herself, how to write a biography essay. The primary characteristic which defines this type of assignment is its subjectivity, and the ability to best reveal the personality and self-assessment skills of a writer. That is, the biography essay can be useful for both educators and students, because it represents the ability of the latter to organize their thoughts in the case when there is a lot to say about the specific matter, and it also has the positive emotional impact on those writing this type of essay. The experience of writing a biography is similar to the one of writing a diary: a writer can observe problems, situations, or emotionally charged events from the more impartial point of view, and assess the problematic aspects revealed in the written text patiently and with paying attention to the details which may have been overlooked in real life. Writing the biography essay is an exciting and entertaining type of assignment, which can help students organize their thoughts and structurize them in a way which follows the current academic standards, and which also can be interpreted as a form of psychotherapeutic experience which has the positive effects on the emotional well-being of a writer.

Biography essay is based on the retrospective representation of events or experiences which happened in life of a writer. Notably, whether or not the biography essay is merely a type of autobiography or is based on a story of some other person, it is an emotionally charged activity which requires a significant devotion to the writing process. That is, when one is writing about the events which happened in someone else’s life, he/she may unconsciously associate himself/herself with the person described in the narrative of the essay. This emotional attachment is essential, as it may help to make the biography essay more appealing to the readers. Notably, the appeal of the biography essay is an important detail, which is continually emphasized by Graden (2008), who in his lecture reveals some tips concerning the matter, and generally focuses on how to write a biography essay. The ability to represent the uniqueness of a particular person’s life is what makes a biography essay appealing to readers. According to Graden (2008), the biography essay should be inspiring and contain interesting facts or personal mistakes which were made by a person who is central for the narrative of the composition (Graden, 2008). All in all, the biography essay has to involve the insights which differentiate it from all the other written materials about a particular person. That is why writing a biography essay is considered a type of entertaining experience.

The process of obtaining information about a person who appears to be the focus of a biography essay is dependent on several factors. If the one who is described in a written text is still alive and has a personal connection to a writer, it opens numerous possibilities for conducting a personal interview. Emotional attachment and devotion have both positive and negative implications for the quality of a biography essay. On the one hand, it makes the text more entertaining and appealing to a reader, but on the other, it negatively affects its overall accuracy and reliability. A writer has to maintain a balance between his/her subjective judgements and the desire to accurately reveal the facts.

The prolonged research which mainly involves the literature review process is also a significant source of ideas for biography essay. However, even this type of activity, which is precisely determined by the existing academic standards, can contain some subjective judgments and personal assessment. A writer may point out some critical moments which influenced the lifestyle choices of a person who is central for the essay narrative, perform an evaluation, and even offer the potential solutions for the particular problems associated with the biography of a specific individual.

So, the biography essay writing is a process which has numerous benefits for both personal growth and improvement of one’s academic skills. Finding a balance between subjective judgments and the precise representation of facts is the main feature of an excellent biography essay. It helps to incorporate both critical assessment and the informative style into the written narrative. Also, a good autobiography or the description of someone else's life has to be appealing to a reader, that is, it has to contain the entertaining elements. By including the emotionally charged storylines into the biography essay, a writer can make his/her text more relatable, easy to comprehend, and unique. That is, the secret of the excellent-quality biography essay lies in the field of personalizing: a writer should have a strong emotional connection to a person who he/she describes in a text. In this case, a biography essay can become a form of positive and beneficial psychotherapeutic experience for a writer, and possess both entertaining and informative qualities in the eyes of its readers.

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