# What We Learned from Writing 7,000 Artist Bios

<https://www.artsy.net/article/elena-soboleva-what-we-learned-from-writing-7-000-artist-bios>

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## What Jamie wrote

This is specifically talking about artist bios, but I don't see why you wouldn't apply the same approach to any bio. Personally I really struggle with writing bios, so much so that I hired a writer to help write [my bio](https://www.thingelstad.com/about/bio/).

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