FAQ
Q. So this is the frequently asked questions section of your site.
A. That’s not a question, but yes. To be fair, I’ve also included many infrequently asked questions in the name of completeness. The FAQ is divided into the categories below so as to keep it shorter than a novel.
Q. You have not answered my question.
A. You seem to have a very limited understanding of what a question is. But okay, if you have a question that is not answered in the FAQ, please leave that question in the comments of the appropriate section (or, if you cannot decide upon a section, you can leave it in the comments of this post), and I will try to answer it. Thanks!
Questions about Looking for Alaska
Questions about An Abundance of Katherines
Questions about Paper Towns
Questions about Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Questions about Other Writing and/or Radio Stuff
Questions about YouTube and/or Vlogging
Questions about Where I Get My Ideas, Inspiration, and General Writing Stuff
Philosophical Questions
Questions about My Books Being Turned into Movies
Writing and Publishing Advice
Biographical Questions for Your School Project, Which I Am Really Flattered You Chose to Do about Me
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Hi, I’m having an extreme dilemma. I have wanted to be an author for a very long time, I can’t even remember when I started writing just for fun. I know that writing is not always a stable career, and until a while ago I was okay with that. I also love animals, and was planning to try (the key word here being try) to be a veterinarian… Well, that would involve being good at math and science and soforth; of which I am neither. I can’t bring myself to get interested enough to apply myself completely which is very important in a job.. I like the security that being a veterinarian offers, however, I LOVE to write! So I guess what I’m asking is this: Is writing a worthwhile career in the financial aspect? Do you think that my inability to focus on the sciences required for a vet is a reason to be worried I won’t be able to become good at that occupation? Sorry for the length of this.. entry? I tend to babble haha.
I wanna read Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns now!!! Tomorrow i’ll buy those books after work..can’t wait to read it!! Yay!!!
I’m doing my book project on An Abundance of Katherines, which I absolutely loved by the way! I need to write a short biography about the author and I could get most of what I needed from your bio, but there are a few questions that I still need to answer, and the page “Biographical Questions for Your School Project, Which I Am Really Flattered You Chose to Do about Me” either doesn’t exist, or the link isn’t working. You might want to fix this in the future, but I’ll be able to get the rest of what I need from various other sources. I’m going to see you when you come to NC, and I’m super excited! Thanks for being a super awesome author and a hilarious youtuber! DFTBA! :)
I’m in the exact same situation! I agree, a link for “Biographical Questions for Your School Project, Which I Am Really Flattered” would be awesome indeed!
I need this link. I’m writing a speech about the impact my favorite author has had on the world. :)
Nerdfighters I need help!!! I want to read a John green book but I can’t read books with sex in it. Is there ANY John green books with NO sex in it? I appreciate if you help me.
DFTBA :)
if it helps ik that TFiOS does and Looking For Alaska. not sure if paper towns or an abundance of katherines does..
Hey John, can you answer questions about TFiOS please. Also I would like to include that I am 14 and the thought of you narrating the fault in our stars is pretty scary… With that part… NO SPOILERS! and especially that the narrater is a 16 (or 17 or 18 can’t remember) female. ahh i babble but can you please tell me if… Any of your characters are based upon you or people you know in TFiOS.. shanks,
Trace
Ps. Ive been subscribed for 3 years… hahaha which isn’t much considering that someone from nerdfighteria is gonna post “I’ve been subbed for 4587483 years” ahhh wutevs and you are now my favorite author.. sorry my favorite youtube personality is hank yea.. he beat you on that part.. I NEED TO STOP ELIPSISING SO MUCH wow i ramble probably cause I’m procrastinating my homework. hahaha i hope you read this that would be sooo cool!
Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?
Okay so I forgot to ask one more thing. So I love to write and I have all of these ideas(some great some not so great), but I have trouble with the introduction to the story. How do you start a story and make it sound interesting?
I was just wondering, why hasn’t The Faul in Our Stars been added to the list of books written on the left hand side of the screen? I would love to refer people to your site to read about what the book is about and maybe also be curious to look at Looking for Alaska, as well as your other works.
JOHN JOHN JOHN JOHN! *ahem* Sorry.
Mr. Green,
As I recall nerdfighters at some point being given the task of designing a cover of one of your books (it was a while ago details are fuzzy) and since there are all of these Imperial Affliction covers floating about interweblinks would publishers ever permit your book to be titled something that it wasn’t. So like an Imperial Affliction cover goes on your next book which was not infact written by a (to put it kindly) jerk going by Peter Van Houten but is infact titles something like “All morons hate when you call them morons” or “Seeking, a little wistfully…” or you know whatever it is your writting about. Just a question otherwise ninja nerdfighters maybe planning your kidnapping to force you to write the imperial affliction if they are not given something to quench their thirst for it.
I would like to apologize for my horrendous grammar. But now it is POP QUIZ TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Above in the two book titles that are made up which to books do they quote. Sorry if the second is to hard.
Hi John Green. I admire you and your work immensely and have established a routine of reading each of your novels multiple times (which does not include “Looking For Alaska” because I’ve read that a significantly greater amount of times than the others, and honestly, any other book that has ever existed) and they possess such a significance in my life that oftentimes I joke that “Looking For Alaska” my bible (and with all due respect and no offense, that is a scary thought if taken literally). Although I have many questions for you, one that constantly imposes its way to the pinnacle of the spectrum of questions that racks my brain, is: what are some of your favorite books/quotes/poems/authors/and other literary substances? I would be more than interested to check them out. Thank you for being so awesome (among other things) and I hope you continue to write novels because I will continue to read them.
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