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Last year, at age 49, I finally achieved my life long dream of finishing a novel by participating in National Novel Writing Month, known affectionately as NaNoWriMo. While this was the most...

Writing your own biography gives you an opportunity to explore your past and to share about your experiences. In this article, I'll show you how you can organize this project and have fun with...

A prolific author during his short, tortured life, Edgar Allen Poe wrote over 400 published pieces in the twenty-two years between 1827 and 1849. As with many artists and authors, his craft found...

A dictum of journalism is that there are no boring stories, only boring writers. With that in mind, everyone's life contains episodes and anecdotes that could add to a creative autobiography. The...

The amount of information in the average autobiography can make the task of summarizing it seem overwhelming. But you must keep in mind that you're dealing only with the essence of the subject's...

It’s often harder to write about yourself than about other people. Figuring out what to include, who to talk to for advice and how to make it interesting to others can be challenging. You...

What is a better adventure than to find a new friend or to learn more about someone else's life? Has the party yesterday made you feel better, after you drank several glasses of wine, danced with...

It's all about you. Really, it is. You are your own best friend, worst enemy and hero of your own movie. And wherever you go, there you are. There ought to be a book about you. Sure, there's the...

You want to write! You feel the need to write. But what do you write about? How to examine your life and experiences for helping you pick your topics.

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, James Agee's reputation as one of America's finest writers has gained ground since his death in 1955. He straddled industries by working as a journalist, film critic,...