So very pleased about this! It’s late here, so I will be listening first thing tomorrow - but had to pop in to say YAY. So glad you’ve done this, as I love both of you dearly. Thanks for inviting us into the conversation.
I am curious—and perhaps this is a question best asked when you two do your event on Tuesday, but it’s on my mind—how you process criticisms like this one you (Katherine) mentioned, “Why would anyone find this interesting?” I have lost so much faith in my narrative capacities over the years (possibly why I wrote only poetry for so many years?) because of the number of people who have stopped listening to me mid-story. IN PERSON, they do this! I don’t think my thoughts are boring, but... 😂 I can think of a number of people who may disagree. Alas!
Being autistic, I sometimes feel like I’m expected to write (and tell stories) in a language that isn’t my own. Like I need to alter it for a nonautistic audience. But those efforts, for me, making writing feel false and quite unsatisfying. I guess the most accurate question for me at the moment is... HUH? What can be done? If we are expected to write for general audiences in order to be marketable, how ought a neurodivergent writer write? Where to adapt, where to hold tight?
Another great conversation. Thank you
So very pleased about this! It’s late here, so I will be listening first thing tomorrow - but had to pop in to say YAY. So glad you’ve done this, as I love both of you dearly. Thanks for inviting us into the conversation.
I am curious—and perhaps this is a question best asked when you two do your event on Tuesday, but it’s on my mind—how you process criticisms like this one you (Katherine) mentioned, “Why would anyone find this interesting?” I have lost so much faith in my narrative capacities over the years (possibly why I wrote only poetry for so many years?) because of the number of people who have stopped listening to me mid-story. IN PERSON, they do this! I don’t think my thoughts are boring, but... 😂 I can think of a number of people who may disagree. Alas!
Being autistic, I sometimes feel like I’m expected to write (and tell stories) in a language that isn’t my own. Like I need to alter it for a nonautistic audience. But those efforts, for me, making writing feel false and quite unsatisfying. I guess the most accurate question for me at the moment is... HUH? What can be done? If we are expected to write for general audiences in order to be marketable, how ought a neurodivergent writer write? Where to adapt, where to hold tight?
Love hearing you two riff and improvise. Nice 👌🏻 Two classy and wise souls, being real. Thanks 🙏🏻
Absolutely engaged. That was fab. Thank you both.