Short autobiography example

Why to Write an Autobiography

Everyone has a good story to share. An autobiography is an opportunity to tell a life story and shape how others remember us.

It’s an entire lifetime of experiences and memories, and a unique path through life’s ups and downs that is worth recording. This blog post will provide guidance and tools on how to write an autobiography.

A Memoir is an Autobiography, but an Autobiography is Not a Memoir

The difference between a memoir vs.

How to write an autobiography for school

autobiographies is that a memoir is a subset of an autobiography. Both a memoir and an autobiography tell the tale of a life, but an autobiography captures the whole story while a memoir describes a mere chapter. An autobiography walks the reader through a chronology of life, while a memoir moves back and forth through time as needed to illustrate the point.

While an autobiography truly is a life story, a memoir can focus on certain aspects or time periods to tell a specifi