How do people writing biographies recall their lives in such detail. I barely remember my childhood just bits and pieces here and there. But nothing close to writing a book.

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How do people writing biographies recall their lives in such detail. I barely remember my childhood just bits and pieces here and there. But nothing close to writing a book.

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Memories are not entirely accurate but are constantly reinterpreted by your brain. Biographers just interpret a little further.

There is however research involved. Be it witnesses or memorabilia.