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How to write a Biography?
A pen, few papers, and a cup of coffee can never make a list of 'NEEDS TO WRITE A BIOGRAPHY'. It takes few long, deep, darn, patient breaths. All you need to write a biography is few sources through which you can count down those pages with calm peaceful emotions. Few people who write biographies(Biographer)do things done in this way that -they go directly to the person of whom they want to write a Biography and asks them about their life. Though it is a long processes if the opted person is a very good celebrity,('cause you need to take an appointment, protocalls.....etc.) Biographers opt this for a virgin and true or rumor less facilities.

Sources for Biographer
Biographers use two kinds of Sources. The Primary Sources and The Secondary sources.

Primary sources are things like letters, diaries, or newspaper accounts. Secondary sources include other biographies, reference books, or histories that provide information about the subject of the biography.

To write a biography you should:

Select a person you are interested in Find out the basic facts of the person's life. Start with the encyclopedia and almanac. Think about what else you would like to know about the person, and what parts of the life you want to write most about. Some questions you might want to think about include: What makes this person special or interesting? What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people? What are the adjectives you would most use to describe the person? What examples from their life illustrate those qualities? What events shaped or changed this person's life? Did he or she overcome obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky? Would the world be better or worse if this person hadn't lived? How and why? Do additional research at your library or on the Internet to find information that helps you answer these questions and tell an interesting story. Write your biography. See the Tips on Writing Essays and How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay for suggestions. You'll find biographies of lots of famous people in the encyclopedia. (Look them up in the Infoplease search box to find them.) You can also browse these short biographies of Selected Figures from Recent History.

For more on what makes a good biography, see the encyclopedia entry on biography and this The Biography Maker site from the Bellingham Public Schools.