Write Your Story with Ally Fallon
If you’ve always wanted to write your story, you’ve come to the right place. In these episodes, you’ll learn a tried and true method for storytelling that turns even the most beginning storyteller into a near-instant expert. You’ll hear from some of the best storytellers in the world and from aspiring writers like you who are still in the midst of uncovering what their story is all about. I’m your host, Allison Fallon and I’m not only a bestselling author myself, I’ve helped thousands of authors and aspiring authors write and publish their books. But I’ve also done what I’m asking you to do: I’ve taken a story from my life and put it to paper. What I learned is that one of the most powerful and healing things you can do is to write your story. Come with me on a journey to turn the “regular” stories from your life into interesting and entertaining anecdotes you can share on any occasion. Use your story to crush a toast at a wedding, deliver an inspirational message to your team of employees, or even to write a bestselling book. Whatever you decide to do with your story, let the process show you just how interesting and inspiring you have always been. Let’s get started!
Episodes
How do you know what your story is about? Mostly by wandering in circles around what it isn’t about. In this episode, I share more about a story I’m living in my life and show you my real-time process for digging out my controlling idea. Hint: I go through a huge lack of clarity before I find the one golden thread that holds it all together. The good news is that when you land on clarity in the story, you land on clarity in your sp...
If you’ve been writing for any amount of time, you’ve definitely encountered writer’s block. It’s a rite of passage and a ubiquitous experience for any writer. But have you considered that writer’s block might not be something you need to beat, overcome or even rise above? In this episode, I share my unique perspective on writer’s block and how it can give you access to more peace, abundance and joy in your life.
Is inspiration a luxury? A privilege? Do we have to go without inspiration in times of war or chaos or change? Or, is inspiration an absolutely vital part of life? In this episode, I share why I think inspiration is essential to human existence and talk about the simple things we can do to stay inspired.
How do you stay inspired? I’d love to hear from you. Write your list of 10 ways to stay inspired and tag me on Instagram!
I’ve heard ads for courses that promise you can write a book in 30 days and I also meet authors who have been writing for 10 years. How long does it really take to write a book? In this episode, I give you the scoop and I’m certain the answer will surprise you.
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...I have talked around, but never directly shared, a massive change that’s taken place for me in the past few years. In this episode I want to come clean. This is the whole truth, as clearly as I can share it right now.
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Before I became an author, I used to fantasize about sitting in a coffee shop, light streaming in through the window, fingers posed effortlessly at the keys, struck with inspiration, writing chapter after chapter. I thought endless about how it would feel to hit the NYT Bestsellers list and be respected by my peers. Now that I’m an author, I’ve discovered a whole different (and better and more miraculous and at times vaguely horrif...
Stories follow questions. A popular question that drives many stories goes, “what happens next?” But no matter what question you ask at the beginning of your story, the reader (and you) will follow that question all the way until it gets an answer (questions are powerful motivators—your brain literally won’t give up until it gets to the conclusion!) In this week’s episode I share a simple way to upgrade your story’s questions so th...
The New York Times says that 85% of Americans believe they have a book in them. But should everyone who wants to write a book actually do it? And if not, who shouldn’t write a book? In today’s episode, I’ll share my personal take on this statistic and on who should (and shouldn’t) write a book. My answer may surprise you.
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Have you ever had someone you respect critique your writing in an unhelpful way? Maybe they told you were “bad with grammar” or that you should stick to writing some other genre than the one you were currently practicing. On today’s episode, I talk to author Molly Stillman about her debut book, If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry and about how she learned to be fully herself on the page, despite what anybody else thinks.
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Cait West is the author of a brand new book called RIFT: A Memoir of breaking away from Christian Patriarchy. On today’s episode, we talk about what it was like to write such an important and personal story, how she escaped the chaos and control of her upbringing, and how she’s used writing to live a more embodied and empowered existence. You don’t want to miss this beautiful conversation with Cait West.
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We all hope our story has a happy ending. So what do we do when our story ends in tragedy? How do you write a hopeful story when you don’t get the outcome you were expecting? In this episode, I share with you a difficult set of circumstances I’ve been navigating, and how I have made peace with an “ending” I didn’t choose.
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We ask for clarity, we say we want clarity, but when clarity tries to come, we also resist it. One of the reasons that clarity seems to elude us is that clarity is incredibly expensive. In today's episode, I’ll talk about what clarity costs us. What would you have to let go of in your life in order to find the clarity you’ve been craving?
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Do you sometimes feel the tension between telling the truth about what happened to you and staying “positive”? Or maybe you’ve given up on staying positive altogether since your story includes tragedy or despair. In this episode, I come at this question head-on. I share an experience from my childhood that I’ve never talked about publicly before and discuss how I personally have used a tool like writing to tell the story the true w...
In this episode, I share a highly practical real-life example of how I rewrote my story in real time. When I changed the way I was telling myself the story, I was able to reroute a travel experience from a frustrating and stressful one to one that was more peaceful and fun. I hope you find this story useful as you use the tools from my new book to shape your experience and rewrite your story.
On today’s episode I talk with a dear friend and acclaimed writer Jonathan Merritt about the power of owning your story, about sharing your story even when it alienates you from your community and about his new beautiful children’s book called Me and My Guncle. If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to share the FULL, REAL you with the world, you aren’t going to want to miss this powerful conversation.
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When rewriting a story from your life, it can be tempting to skip over the parts that are challenging or uncomfortable. But rewriting a story isn’t about ignoring the truth. It’s about integrating the truth into a higher Truth. How do you access a higher, better truth when the details of your story are dark, heavy, uncomfortable or sad? In today’s episode I’ll share some tools that have been helpful for me as I navigate this transi...
Do you ever get the feeling like you’re telling the same story over and over again? The details may change (new boss, new partner, new hometown) but the cycle of the story stays the same. In today’s episode I talk about what to do when you seem to be stuck in the same frustrating story on repeat. I’ll share my own experience with finding myself in this rut and talk about how to move when you’re ready to finally make an edit.
On this week’s episode of the Write Your Story podcast, I’m sharing a vulnerable story that I’ve never shared before. This is a story about leaving an important part of myself behind—how I realized she was gone, how I went back to find her, and how I am integrating her into my life now so I can live the fullest, most authentic, version of myself today. I hope this story brings you some solidarity and even inspiration to track down ...
Do you ever have a hard time getting past the facts or details of your story to understand the deeper meaning of what took place? On this week’s episode I talk with psychic intuitive Amanda Reiger Green about how tools like numerology, astrology and even your own intuition can guide you to the deeper meaning that was always present in your story.
For more on Amanda and her work, check out her podcast called Soul Sessions HERE.
There’s a story from my life that I don’t talk about much anymore. But on today’s episode I’m going there. And with a good reason. It’s the place where Write Your Story was born.
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