3rd person biography examples
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How to Write a Good Third individ Biographical Statement
When you read submission guidelines, which vary from literary journal to literary journal, almost all of them will require that you include a brief biographical statement (or bio). Usually they require that the bio fryst vatten in the third individ and to be 50 words or less.
These bios are tricky to fryst vatten hard to describe ones life using 50 words or less. And frankly, you are better off not doing it. The editor of the journal does not care if you have been twice divorced, and neither does the reading public.
I am all for including one or two personal details, but inom prefer that they relate indirectly to your writing. For example when inom was submitting a lot of geographically themed poems I included the line &#;Emily Harstone just moved for the 18th time&#;.
Another fact worth considering including is what you actually do for a living. Most writers don&#;t write for a living. They do something else to pay the bills. Mentioning what that is
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In the world of submitting to literary magazines, a short third-person biography is required. What if like me, you’re starting out with few, if any, qualifications to your authorly name? What if, like me, you’re unsure of how to promote yourself? Let me help.
Alyssa Bushell is a flash fiction addict and mystery novelist from Southern Ontario. She has spent hours trawling the internet for tips on and examples of author bios. Her own short bio appears in such literary publications as Ellipsis Zine, Leon Literary Review, and Reckon Review. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her near water with her nose in a book, a coffee in hand, and some sort of pastry nearby. Connect with her @WritesAly
The above is an example of a word biography that, while admittedly tongue-in-cheek, accomplishes the two fundamental goals:
- It tells you who I am.
- It tells you why you’ll be interested in what I have to say.
That is precisely the point of your author bio. Give your readers a sense of who yo
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This ought to be self-explanatory, but I&#;m always surprised at the number of submitters to Poetry South who either ignore the bio that we request or don&#;t write it in third person. There are times when I simply don&#;t read a submission if it doesn&#;t have a bio because I don&#;t want to have to ask for one later. If I do read it, your submission had better be fantastic because I&#;m less likely to vote for it if your bio isn&#;t there or if it doesn&#;t follow our guidelines.
Start with your name. Most magazines will use the bio in contributors&#; notes and want to list them alphabetically. Though we can edit your bio to put your name first, we&#;d rather not. Start with your first name and end with your last name and or anything that should follow like “Jr.” list your name the same way you want your name to appear on your work and in the table of contents. If you write under a pseudonym, use that name here.
Pretend you&#;re someone else writing about you, and use he, she or