The Merit of Autobiographies on the Internet: How to Create Your Autobiography Versus a Biography

Most freelance writers find tremendous merit in being able to post their autobiographies directly on the Internet. Networking with other freelancers becomes feasible for content writers and others, who gain personal and business recognition in conjunction with Internet publication of their information about their lives, experiences and work. 

What is an autobiography?

Dictionary.com suggests that an autobiography is “a history of a person’s life written or told by that person”. The difference between an autobiography and a biography is important because writing the history of your life and experiences ensures its accuracy. 

What is a biography?

Dictionary.com suggests that a biography is “a written account of another person’s life”. 

A new or relatively unknown freelance writer may find that creating an authentic Internet autobiography requires considerable time and effort, but ensuring its accuracy will increase his or her credibility. It may seem easier to have your biography written by someone else, but there is the integrity to consider.

Biographies can be questionable, at times. Distortion of facts by an unethical biographer has the potential to destroy a freelance writer’s credibility quickly.

An autobiography reveals accurate background or current information pertaining to the freelance writer, his or her life, experience and work, whereas a biography may exceed moral or ethical guidelines and distort pertinent or relevant information. Of course, not all biographers operate on unethical principles.  

The accuracy of personal and business related information in an autobiography should be credible and verifiable. Freelance writers, web site builders, photographers etc., as well as others like online teachers, professors and researchers need professional, online accountability.

Each Internet autobiography is unique in its website content and can be a valuable, international marketing tool. It may also serve as an introduction for employment.

The accessibility of an autobiography via an Internet address (URL) is another important factor. Posted online, it has flexibility, as circumstances may reveal the need for changes in data. It is possible to update an Internet autobiography relatively easily, unlike a printed book that has information ‘cast in stone’, so to speak. In e-book format, an autobiography that authenticates a freelance writer can be subject to revision when necessary.

Blogs and social media website time lines are becoming increasingly popular as informal or more formal formats for autobiographies. Your autobiography can serve as a personal gift or legacy to family and friends, at the same time preserving your valuable records or writings. The experience of writing an Internet autobiography will help you to understand yourself as a person, and show you where you are heading in the future.