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Julianna Baggott

Novelist

Born: Sep 30, 1969

Faith Good Life Me World Writing

Related authors: Charles Dickens Ernest Hemingway Gustave Flaubert James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Paulo Coelho Walter Scott

I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men. Julianna Baggott

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I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken. Julianna Baggott

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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. Julianna Baggott

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The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.' Julianna Baggott

Rule Tell Storytelling Show Basic

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately. Julianna Baggott

Tell Characters Objective Writer Main Know Story Urgently Whispering Ear

I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too. Julianna Baggott

Woman Too Sexist Been

I always think I know the way a novel will go. I write maps on oversized art pads like the kind I carried around in college when I was earnest about drawing. I need to have some idea of the shape of the novel, where its headed, so that I can proceed with confidence. But the truth is my characters start doing and saying things I don't expect. Julianna Baggott

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Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear. Julianna Baggott

Fear Young Releasing Shame

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression. Julianna Baggott

Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use. Julianna Baggott

Good Writing Lying Habit Put Stories Use

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking. Julianna Baggott

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