Thursday, December 10, 2015

New Biographies . read me.

  In the past few days we have uploaded our bio pages for the New Blestyashchie members Kristina and Silvia .
  A couple of paragraphs is all we can give. We can't list every award you won, because the fact checking would be impossible. So we have to generalize it down to 'she won many awards' .
Oh man. Pleaase. It's not easy to write a biography, first you have to find the material. You know, we look to find out about your life, and share our knowledge.
Be careful because the 'what you say' can really stick with people; it might be the only biography written and available online. So it is all they know/ all they can find.
There is always the free spirit of humanity in an individual. We might write that they have oatmeal for breakfast every day, and then find out that they switched to having toast every day. But the story about oatmeal is what people see, so it must be true. And that, is an example of why we try to write only a basic outline of the individuals.
  It is not our intent to embarass the subject, only to inform those who are curious about them. We do our best to not give out personal details, such as your telephone number or address. But we do like to list details such birthdays, maybe the city where you grew up. You know, we don't want it to seem that you are an angel who descended from heaven to bless the world with your talents, or that you were hatched from an egg. Please smile, i am. But if that is the case, we are not going to write that.
  It is important that people see you as a human being. We like to list a persons eye color, hair, and height if it is available.
Then we look for events in the subjects life that may give clues to their personality. But don't make a big deal about them. If you grew up by the ocean, it gives a picture of your daily life. If you won a dance contest when you were 11 years old, it may have inspired you to work hard and seek to further your ambitions. It's something.People like to read those kind of details.
  We did, at one time, write a biography that turned out was NOT the same person we had thought. After 6 months, somebody (thank you!) wrote to us about the mistake. And we corrected the information. BUT for 6 months anybody online could have read that false information, and accepted it as fact. Thereby, we deceived the public. Very bad for your image. People will tend to remember your mistakes; you could be right 99 % of the time, but some people will only recall that you were wrong 1% of the time. Why do we do that ?
  I am a human being. Humans are prone to make mistakes. That is how we better ourselves.

  My biography would go something like this. Was born in a remote,small midwestern town. When very young, had a serious ear infection, that affected my balance. Tried sports, tried music. But i was never that organized of a person. I never stayed home, i was always out wandering around.
No matter the weather, i would even go out in a blizzard. I love snow. I don't like the cold.
  After school, moved to a city. After a couple of years, was offered a job in a sunny southern city. Made new friends every day. People just like me; they looked to better themselves rather than point fingers at other peoples flaws. The city grew around me. Got tired of it, and moved to the country. It took 10 years, but eventually the city crept up and enveloped me in its realm once again. But now the circumstances are more to my liking.

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