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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They can always make stuff up to fill in the blanks, but people writing autobiographies usually have a reason to write an autobiography in the first place IE: lots of big, interesting events happening in their life.

You might not remember your childhood well because odds are it was pretty normal. If you had multiple life changing events at a young age, you would probably remember those a lot more clearly.