NATIONAL BIOGRAPHERS DAY

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Biographies began a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… no wait that’s a different Holiday! The truth of the matter is Biographies existed as far back in history as 44 BC when Cornelius Nepos wrote a lengthy biography on the most famous generals of the Greeks and Romans.

James Boswell’s writing style changed the future of the biography forever. The standard was set, and a new way to tell a story was born. The book was published in 1789 and during those times, they considered it to be one of the best biographies in the English Language!

Since then there have been many, many biographies written. Different authors write biographies about the same person. Think about someone like Abraham Lincoln. Search Abraham Lincoln Biography, how many come up? (Go ahead, I’ll be here when you get back)

I often get the question when working with families homeschooling about how to “get the kids to write”. This question is very similar to the “How do I get my kids to read more” question. Assuming there are no underlying challenges like dysgraphia or other processing disorders, the way you get kids to write is the same way you get them to read – by exposing them to good writing. They need a MODEL. They need something that INSPIRES them. Kids are not writing because it bores them.

Celebrate National Biographers Day by reading well-crafted Biographies – then try your hand at writing one of your own.

Use our FREE Biography Writing Template Pack

A few biographies we recommend:

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