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Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:42 pm
Yesterday, the chief editor of The Best American Sports Writing series Glenn Stout tweeted a story I wrote about 2 All-American, 3 drafted NFL football players from the University of Alabama who saved my life in the F-5 Tuscaloosa Tornado 4/27/11 then took me to the Green Room at the NFL Draft 4/26/12. Dont’a Hightower, De’Quan Menzie and Nico Johnson guys were college roommates helping me do what I can’t do because I live with the inability to write (dysgraphia), to do arithmetic (dyscalculia), to see or feel fingers (finger agnosia) and to tell left from right (left-right disorientation). If it matters, I wrote this story right now because the Iron Bowl is in 4 days, I'm taking my little brother, and because Homecoming was last week. Prominent writers all tell me to go to graduate school for networking so I can one day be a great writer but I’ve been living hotel to hotel in Nashville and sometimes homeless so there is no way I would risk a student loan for a networking opportunity. It really feels great to be recognized for words by a guy like Mr. Stout who chooses the best sports writing year after year. If you can read and tell me what you think that would be a dream. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.
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This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:46 pm to MikeAllenWrites
Your link was broken, but I found it anyway. Here you go: LINK
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:47 pm to MikeAllenWrites
Link didn't work.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:59 pm to MikeAllenWrites
That was very nice indeed. If you're asking the question -- I can't tell from the phrasing of your request -- it could use just a tiny bit of proofing and editing, but certainly nothing major enough to detract from the story you're conveying. Congratulations on the much-deserved recognition you received for it.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 12:02 am to randomways
I appreciate that. Grammar is not my strong point.
This post was edited on 11/26/14 at 12:11 am
Posted on 11/26/14 at 12:16 am to MikeAllenWrites
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I appreciate that. Grammar is not my strong point.
Your grammar was fine. Don't worry about that. And keep trying to be a writer (I saw your reply before you edited.) If it helps, some of the greatest writers in history were terrible at lots of aspects of writing, from Jane Austen to Charles Dickens to F. Scott Fitzgerald. If writers were perfect, editors would be out of a job. And editors are most definitely not out of a job.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 12:46 am to MikeAllenWrites
Thanks for sharing! I to endured that behemoth on 4/27. Not a day goes by that I am reminded of it.
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Posted on 11/26/14 at 1:19 am to MikeAllenWrites
Thanks for sharing your story and keep up the good work. Keep at it and I'm sure others will notice your abilities. It looks like your on the right track.
Good Luck and Roll Tide.
Good Luck and Roll Tide.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 1:25 am to justausedcarguy
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Thanks for sharing your story and keep up the good work. Keep at it and I'm sure others will notice your abilities.
Thanks I hope so.
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