chronicle, history, account, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

autobiography - a biography of yourself

hagiography - a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)

profile - biographical sketch

Parallel Lives - a collection of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays

forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, progression, procession, advance - the act of moving forward toward a goal