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I'll explain why, what I've learned about myself and my writing, and why I feel motivated to write more. Back in the late 2010s, I was writing erotica. I self-published a handful of books and did freelance work for private customers (an entirely different blog post
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1. Respect the structure of your brain. Your brain will only work the way it is structured to work. Forcing it to work another way will only cause stress, anxiety, and failure.
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I underwent autism and ADHD assessment in early 2024. The doctor administering the assessment gave me a task: tell a story using the images from David Wiesner's book Tuesday. This YouTube video is a nice montage of the pages. There are images of frogs floating into a town
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Download the FREE ebook Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse Writers
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Born from a rejected dissertation proposal and reworked over the course of 15 years into a compelling exploration of narrative, Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse Writers challenges conventional storytelling norms. This free ebook delves into how nontraditional plot structures resonate with neurodiverse writers, offering creative frameworks that align with their
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Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse Writers Check out the cover reveal for this free ebook that introduces neurodiverse writers (and neurotypical) to plot structures beyond the commonly used hero’s Journey. These plots are emotionally accessible, highly creative, and more “traditional” than you’d expect. Born from a rejected dissertation
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The following is a section from my upcoming free ebook Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse writers. It comes out May 1 and will be available on this blog! WHAT IS A "PLOT"? This may seem like an unnecessary section. Any writer who chooses to read this book already
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an excerpt from my forthcoming ebook Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse Writers There is a version of the Journey plot structure that I refer to as an Asymptote. It is very, very common and, as far as I can tell, ignored in discussions about writing and plot structures. A Journey
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Professional wrestling is an evolution of street theater, the most ancient and unknown forms of theater. It predates theater buildings, amphitheaters, dramatic texts, and formal actors. It could very well go back thousands of years. Street theater has three simple elements: performers, an audience, and a story. Professional wrestling has
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I wrote a post on Instagram asking for neurodivergent writers to talk to me about their notebooks. Every neurodivergent writer I've ever talked to has had a trove of notebooks filled with ideas and partially written stories. I asked each person who generously responded about their notes, how
I've been thinking about plot structure for over ten years. I couldn't understand why I could explain a conventional journey structure, but struggled to construct one. Then in the middle of a doctoral theater theory course, my professor asked, "Does a traditional plot structure reflect
I've written about Chaos before. First, in my post about the concept in general, and then in an analysis of "Hey Diddle, Diddle" as a manifestation of a Chaos structure. Now, I'm going a step further. I'm doing an adaptation of "
"Hey Diddle, Diddle" (HDD) makes no conventional sense. Theorists and literary critics cannot agree about HDD. Some believe it's "literary nonsense". Others insist it is "gibberish". These are actual literary distinctions. I want to reinterpret and clarify a nursery rhyme that can
I've been working on this for a long time. Only recently have I taken on the name of Chaos to describe this alternative plot structure. It's nothing new. I'm only describing a form of writing that's existed on the edges of literature
I watched an Instagram vid this morning all the way through. That's a rare event as I have only a modicum of patience for vids. The vid was done by Jason Pargin. I've watched his vids before. He writes about film and culture. This piece was
The Descent of Lasagna A Cruel Culinary Confession **Setting:** An abstract, distorted kitchen. The space is surreal, with oversized forks and knives hanging from the ceiling, a stove that breathes heavy, smoky breaths, and a table that seems to pulse and move as if alive. The lighting is dim, reddish,
I'm one of many women diagnosed late in life. We were also misdiagnosed for many, many years. For me, it began at 20, with a diagnosis of major or clinical depression, bits of OCD, PMD, an eating disorder, and an anxiety disorder. I didn't go on
U r a wundrful writr One of the first things David ever said to me, in our first conversation as mentor and student, was, "I accepted you because you're a woman." When he showed me the Emmy he had won, I said, "Yeah, but, aren&
https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-imaging-experiment-reveals-the-secret-behind-creative-flow Whether or not you sign up for my coaching, this is very important. Creative people, in fact anyone that does anything that has creative elements, can get into a "flow state". Essentially, this is being in the Zone. You start working, you lose
This is from my novel Dying in Pleasure. It's an excerpt from a gladiator battle. "Pompeii,” he said, "I give you Diana, the Virgin Huntress.” The gladiators pulled the curtains and revealed Diana in the cage, helmeted so her face was covered completely; chains wound about
Nudist Chicken Theatre Company the performance is already in progress There's a manifesto. There must be. I had to keep with ancient tradition. Click the naked chicken above if you wish to know more. You can try a chicken burger. I recommend that highly. It's a
