writing like an Aspie

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I am a thread killer and i use "i" a lot. It's no wonder why people don't post too often to my posts. I have noticed this though. I don't have complicated sentences or vocabulary and neither does my son. His writing style (and i know he's only 10 and still learning to write and really to achieve written expression) is very basic and factual. He does not add his thoughts in his writing (at least not yet).

This is how *an* Aspie writes (and this one in particular). This is not how *every* Aspie writes.

I have very strong language skills, and I can express myself at a very high level both orally and in writing. (Until I run into something that I cannot verbalize, at which point I grind to a screeching halt. Sometimes I even screech when it happens!)

However, my skill is limited to objective writing. I can write about how I am undertaking a project at work--the steps we went through; the validation; the challenge function, etc. etc. etc. I can draft contracts and agreements. I can describe a sunset, even using metaphor and other figures of speech.

But I have no inclination to write about human relationships, or emotional states. My fiction, were I to write it, would likely omit that element (and probably be unengaging to most readers as a result!).

When I read fiction, I often wind up skimming over the "why" parts, and focussing in on the "how" parts.

I have written technical documentation throughout my engineering career, and I now conscientiously adjust my phrasing and use of clauses for the intended audience--other engineers, managers, or end users. I learned to do this; it was not natural for me to "dumb myself down" (particularly to managers ).

Were I interested in writing at a sixth-grade level, I'd have pursued a career in journalism instead.

WP isn't alone in this, there are similar forums that do this but, often people don't talk to one another in threads. Discussions usually don't seem to be in the context of a conversation, people just reply. Even when quoting another poster, it seems different. Threads seem much more like a pooling of information.

[quote="Inventor"]Did they mean handwriting?



No, look at the part where I added the edit of my starting posts.