autobiographically
In memoir style
Autobiographically means in the manner of autobiography—drawing from one's own life experiences.
A novelist who writes autobiographically bases characters or events on personal history: The film is autobiographically inspired by the director's childhood.
The word often appears when distinguishing between fiction and memoir: How autobiographically should we read this poem?
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
self-analysis · self-discovery · self-questioning · self-scrutiny · self-perception · mindfulness · self-understanding · self-revelation
Recounting events aloud
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- accountRecord of dealings
- first-person"I" as narrator
recounting · portrayal · depiction · episodic · vignette · timeline · voice · perspective
Retrieved past experiences
- reminiscencesSpoken or written memories
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · origins · confessions · revelations · anecdotes · diary · memoirs · youth
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
soul-searching · self-analysis · self-discovery · self-questioning · self-scrutiny · self-perception · mindfulness · self-understanding · self-revelation
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
first-person · recounting · portrayal · depiction · episodic · vignette · timeline · voice · perspective · framing
recollections
Retrieved past experiences
- reminiscencesSpoken or written memories
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- upbringingChildhood care and training
ancestry · heritage · origins · confessions · revelations · anecdotes · diary · memoirs · youth · legacy
autobiographicallybiographically
Regarding one's life story
objectively · impersonally · journalistically · dispassionately · detachedly
autobiographicallyfictionally
In invented narrative form
fictitiously · imaginatively · inventively · fantastically · speculatively
- autobiographical novelsFiction based on writer's life
- autobiographical fictionImagined tales from life
- autobiographical writingSelf-narrative prose
- autobiographical essaySelf-written personal account