Disabilities to give characters

writing autistic characters.

“Write what you know!” the experts insist—except in the case of, well, everything, because fiction is inherently composed of lives you’ve never lived. Restricting yourself to personal experiences is…

In Issue 1 of this series on writing and disability, I wrote about—and Tipsy Tullivan podcasted about—how the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) rejected 100% of all…

It’s not uncommon for a character in a story to become concussed. However, despite that being a popular tactic for writers to quickly incapacitate their characters, it’s not the sort of thing people can realistically brush off as easily as characters tend to do in fiction. Concussions are serious injuries with many consequences, after all. If you want to learn how to write about brain damage accurately, take a look at this article!