Will Allison
Will Allison
Will Allison is an American novelist and editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Long Drive Homeand What You Have Left...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 October 1968
CountryUnited States of America
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The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.
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The idea that a citizen's property can be taken by the government solely for private use is extremely misguided, in fact it's just plain wrong.
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America Supports You might not have all the answers for everyone, but it sure will have a lot of answers and a lot of solutions for people. We want to make sure that people add the America Supports You program to their toolbox when they need help or when they're helping someone.
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All of the hard work paid off. It is a real accomplishment.
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You've been supporting our men and women in the military long before there was ever an America Supports You program. The purpose of America Supports You, remember, is for us to highlight what you do . . . for us to help bring national visibility to your organizations.
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The legwork is always hard. Really finding people that you think are good enough. Just the definition of what we have to do is finding good enough people that you really think are special.
loss shots
The loss is a concern. The (number) of shots is a concern.
writing people body
The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.
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my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised and not dying.
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For years and years, I convinced myself that I was unbreakable, an animal with an animal strength or something not human at all. Me, I told people, I take damage like a wall, a brick wall that never falls down, never feels anything, never flinches or remembers. I am one woman but I carry in my body all the stories I have ever been told, women I have known, women who have taken damage until they tell themselves they can feel no pain at all.
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It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.
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It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.
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I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.
character creating secret
I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.