Autobiography

The HitchHiker’s Guide to Autobiography

Wikipedia discourages the publication of autobiographies on its site. Here’s why: “Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography and there are many pitfalls.” To illustrate their claim Wikipedia provide the following humorous quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It is said that Zaphod [...]

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Writing the Now

I often feel that learning to write is like learning to fly. You need a number of flying hours logged before you qualify as a licensed pilot. You don’t need a qualification to write, but you do need practice. This is where you learn to tackle the very real problems of getting words onto the [...]

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