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Biography Writing
Someone else's life, researched and written in the third person, with their family's cooperation.
For a family honoring a parent or founder, a company documenting its own history, or a subject who wants their story told but isn't the one writing it — built from interviews with the subject (or the people who knew them) plus whatever records, letters, and archives exist.
What's included
- 01Interviews with the subject and named family members or colleagues, recorded and transcribed
- 02Fact-checking against available records, dated events verified where possible
- 03A chapter outline approved by whoever commissioned the book before drafting begins
- 04A sensitivity read on any chapter involving other named, living people
Where this fits
This is drafting work — the manuscript itself. If you'll also need editing, publishing, or print once a draft exists, those are their own services and can be scoped alongside this one from the start.
Ownership & confidentiality
- You keep 100% of copyright and royalties on everything delivered.
- An NDA is signed before any of your material is shared, including on the intro call.
Reference specs
Illustrative, not a quote.
Get a scoped quote
This service is scoped per project rather than by a formula — tell us what you're making and we'll come back with a real number.
Ask about biography writingFrom scattered ideas to a coherent manuscript.
Good biography writing starts with the decisions behind the deliverable. Here is what to consider, what to prepare, and how to make your reviews more useful.
The details makethe difference.
Find the thread
Decide what holds the book together: a central question, a transformation, a practical framework, or a character’s pursuit. That thread gives individual chapters a reason to exist and helps the reader understand why the journey matters.
Give the voice a reference point
Collect a short writing sample, a recording, or a few passages that sound like you. Identify expressions you naturally use and tones you want to avoid. A voice brief helps make feedback specific while leaving room for the writing to develop.
Build before you polish
Use an outline to test sequence, emphasis, and gaps. Develop a sample section before expanding the whole manuscript. It is easier to adjust the structure while the book is taking shape than to discover a missing foundation at the end.
Come with an ambition.
Leave with a clearer direction.
Bring your current material, intended audience, a few useful references, and any deadline that matters. We can then discuss the work below and confirm what belongs in your individual scope.
- Interviews with the subject and named family members or colleagues, recorded and transcribed
- Fact-checking against available records, dated events verified where possible
- A chapter outline approved by whoever commissioned the book before drafting begins
- A sensitivity read on any chapter involving other named, living people
How this gets scoped
The same four steps behind every standalone service on this page — the specifics change, the shape doesn't.
Brief
A short intake before anything is quoted — audience, angle, length, deadline. In writing, so nothing depends on what someone remembers from a call.
Scope & quote
A real number for your specific project, not a rate card guess. You approve the scope before any drafting starts.
The work itself
Drafted, designed, or sent against that agreed brief — delivered in workable pieces where the format allows, not one drop at the end.
Revision & delivery
A structured revision round, then delivery in the format you'll actually use — not a Google Doc you have to reformat yourself.