Autobiography acknowledge

An autobiography, in the simplest terms, is a full account of your life that you write yourself. Many of us have read great memoirs in recent years—bestsellers like Educated and Crying in H Mart—but autobiographies, specifically, are more elusive than you might think.

This is because a true autobiography contains every detail you could possibly include about your life, in chronological order.

A memoir, on the other hand, revolves around a particular theme or time period in someone’s life, describing only select memories in service of this goal.

So, if what you’re reallyafter is advice on how to write a memoir, I’d recommend this “memoir method” post from Joe Bunting.

But if you’re ready to lay out the entire story of your life—warts and all—read on for how to write an autobiography in five (relatively) simple steps.

1. Make a List of Life Events

Since an autobiography must be comprehensive, you can start by listing out all t