How to Write a Biography Format

A biography is a story of someone’s life, which is mainly written by another person. Based on the information, a biography can be written short or it can be written long. A short biography contains a person’s basic fact of life and their significance, whereas a long biography describes the entire life story of a person. Generally, biographies are the life stories of famous personalities that highlight different aspects of their life. The main objective of writing a biography is to reveal the surprising facts of famous person’s life. Let us understand how to write biography in an appropriate manner.

1.  Select a Person: Whether you want to write a biography of a popular person or close friend and relative, you have to choose a person first. Before selecting a person, ask yourself that whose life has inspired you and whom you admire the most.

2.  Gather important information about the person’s life: Collect minute details that can help you in writing a good biography. Right from the birthday to birth place, education, work experience, relationship, marriage and achievements, collect all the basic facts that you need for writing a life story of a person. Besides this, include the major events or the turning points that have changed the life of the person.

3. Start a biography with an introductory paragraph: Write an overview of the person’s life by highlighting the main points.

4. Write about the achievements: Mention the achievements and accolades of the popular personality. Describe the milestones of the person, which he or she has attained or reached. Mention significant facts like:- 

•    How he or she became famous?

•    What made him or her popular?

•    What are his or her contributions to the society?

5. Arranged the information an organized manner: Write the life story of the person in a chronological order. First explain the past life of the person, then describe the current situation. In this way, you can highlight all the phases of a person’s life and can involve your readers in your writing.

6.  Collect additional information: Do some research and collect the information about the person, which is not known to many people.

7.  Summary: Wrap up the biography by emphasizing on the key points. Make sure that you do not mention any new fact, which you have not mentioned at the beginning.