About
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Will Carter works as a Lecturer of English at Kennesaw State University. In 2007, Will was in a car accident and suffered a collapsed lung, ruptured spleen, subdural hematoma, and a stroke in his occipital lobe. He is a playwright and author. His plays have been performed at The NExt Steps Theatre Festival, Know Theater, Boston University, Oglethorpe Univerrsity, and Kennesaw State University. He has been at finalist at the Agnes Scott Writer's Festival, The Chesapeake Writers Festival, The Midwest Dramatist Conference, and Columbia All Write Writer's Festival. He writes non-fiction about his brain injury and brain injury recovery. His memoir about the first seven months of his recovery, Getting Better, is published by Running Wild. His textbook for college composition courses, No One is More Right Than You, is set to be published by Cognella Publishing on August 1st of 2026. His work has been published in His View From Home, Uncomfortable Revolution, The Purpled Nail, South Florida Poetry Journal, Brain Injury Hope Magazine, and many more. |
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Will's Story
In 2007 when Will was a senior in high-school, his 95 Honda Accord was involved in a head-on collision with a Suburban. Will suffered a subdural hematoma, a stroke in his occipital lobe, a ruptured spleen, and a collapsed lung. He was taken to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma. After two and a half weeks, Will woke up and went to the Shepherd Center for in-patient therapy. In January, he returned to school to finish his senior year and attend outpatient therapy after-school. He was able to graduate, and he went on to get his Bachelor of Arts in Playwriting from Oglethorpe University, his Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from Boston University, and his Master of Arts in Teaching from University of Louisville. Currently, he teaches English full-time at Kennesaw State University. He is a working professor, writer, speaker, and tutor.
