In early September, Elon Musk’s biography written by Walter Isaacson will hit bookshelves across the world. The memoir is set to cover his journey from his quiet upbringing in South Africa to how he became one of the most well-known billionaires to exist. Despite being the former CEO of Twitter, the platform designed for opinion-sharing and freedom of speech, Musk’s memoir has been described as offering a ‘sympathetic look’ to document his truth and reclaim the narrative that is so highly reported. Commenting on the vital outlet that memoirs provide, biography expert and CEO/founder of StoryTerrace, the nation’s leading biography-writing service, is available to discuss how celebrity memoirs impact the public.
Few people in history have been chronicled as well as Musk, however, for the first time readers can learn about his perspective on how he became the world-famous man that he is today, without gaging this through the veil of a social media presence. Elon Musk is well-known for his extensive work in space engineering and electric cars but just like most celebrities, he receives his fair share of scrutiny. Billed by his ghostwriter as: “the most interesting person on the planet right now”, Isaacson explains that this intricate telling of his life aims to help people understand why he is the way he is.
Consistent with the ethos of StoryTerrace which carefully matches people with professional ghostwriters to produce their very own memoir, the learnings of Musk’s memoir are similarly replicated in the works of non-celebrity figures who have carved their own stories to entrepreneurial success and hope to inspire the masses through storytelling. With this, StoryTerrace has seen more than a 200% rise in the number of projects entering the service over the last three years as people begin to document their own incredible stories. Building a business that has now helped thousands of people tell their stories through memoir-writing, the CEO is able to speak about how the memoir can play a key role in helping others truly understand who they are, in a way that social media can’t.
