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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A lot of it is embellished or extrapolated. Some of it is taken from diaries and some is taken from talking to friends and family members. My memory is awful, I can’t remember much of anything beyond even the age of 15, just bits and pieces here and there.