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25 Struggles and Myths Neurodivergent Authors Face
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.
Margie Pignataro
Hi! I'm a neurodivergent author, holistic editor, and graphic designer. I'm associated with Other Authors Publishing, which focuses on nontraditional, neurodivergent, GLBTQ+ books and/or authors.
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Autism Assessments Test for Nontraditional Storytelling Skills
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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Nontraditional Plot Structures for Neurodiverse Writers is NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE!
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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COVER REVEAL
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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What is a "plot" and why "subplots" don't exist
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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Asymptotes and God from the Volvo
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: a story told using Ritual and Force
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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Fragments of Chaos: Organizing Chunks of Random Notes Into Whole Stories
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
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INFORMATION: Another Story Structure for Neurodiverse Writers
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
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Adapting "Little Miss Muffet" into a Chaos-structured story
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 "
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"Hey, Diddle, Diddle", a Nursery Rhyme Built With Chaos
"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