writing like an Aspie

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I was talking to someone familiar with AS once and they said they suspected it from how I write.

Can someone explain what it means to write like an Aspie? Is it that I do have the AS characteristic of using a lot of detail and being bad at summarizing or is there something else?

Edit: I need to add that it wasn't handwriting. All they saw how how I type.

I'm curious about this as well.

I don't think we have a generalized writing pattern.

Only way I can tell online if someone is an aspie is if they are saying what problems they have such as understanding sarcasm, difficulty with change, can't read non verbal cues very well or social cues, etc. Then I start wondering if they have AS or not.

Did they mean handwriting?

The only people I can spot from text are English Majors.

I'm not entirely clear on what it means to "write like an aspie." I know that I can ramble on far longer than I should in writing, especially when I'm writing about a topic that's of particular interest to me. I've unintentionally killed a few threads here by overwriting on some topics. I don't know if that would be regarded as "writing like an aspie." In any case, I'm intrigued by that concept, and I'm curious to see what others come up with on this thread.

I think we do. Mostly there are many many sentences beginning with the letter 'I', not everyone here does that to extremes but most do and it's noticably absent on the other non-aspie forums I frequent.

Then there's the formal tone which is very very different from most forums where there's a wide cross section of society. There ar always more intellectual people who type in a formal manner but they're the exception rather than the rule.

Then there's the general verbosity of our posts. Again on most forums 90% of posts are just a few lines long while here it's much closer to 50%, the only person who consistently posts one liners is yourself Tim (and you're loved for it). We repeat ourselves a lot too not only in content but in form also.

Another funny thing is being able to spell complicated words no problem but easy to spell words or words that are used often are the ones we can't spell. Mine isn't the only mis-spelled screen name for instance.

It's weird that noone else sees this, these are the kind of patterns I noticed straight away and I thought pattern recognition was an aspie trait?

more 'highbrow' than is called for. like playing hockey, except when the puck comes to you, you pick it up

I have done a lot of writing myself, and I have seen writing from people who are Asperger. People with Asperger are not so restricted by the normal phrases and conventions of writing. When it is best, an Asperger can write something that is really new and original.

However, the lack of restrictions may lead to mistakes. The writing may be very long and rambling, as if the person writes only to himself. Other people may also do that, but someone with Asperger may do it in cases where most people will think about the impression they make, for instance an important letter at work. Someone with Asperger may write in an overly pedantic style with complex sentences, probably because he believe it is more important to avoid mistakes than to be readable. Finally some may write something in an informal style that they clearly believe is funny, but which may be perceived as deeply insulting by other. They clearly write what they think, without putting any filter on.

It is my impression, that if someone with Asperger is aware of these problems, it is possible to avoid some of the mistakes.

You are being sarcastic right?

As an Aspie who writes for a living, I think an "Aspie" writing style means literal: no adjectives, probably a few metaphors, etc. Hemmingwayesque, perhaps. I know I myself hate adjectives when I write, because I see them as meaningless.

I like all the input on this so far. As I am writing a novel, this has been an interest of mine too. I have my own idea what it is like to write since I am an Aspie. I find it difficult to have social interactions between my characters. Well, I do write the interactions in, but I find it more challenging. I enjoy writing about the fabulous houses and roller coasters, and caves, and theatre pipe organs, and...sorry...the love scene has been put on hold .

I do not think Spokane girl is sarcastic. It is not easy to notice different writing styles and ways of writing. At the same time, there is no clear-cut line between the writing of someone with and without Asperger. In addition, there is a fairly simple set of conventions for writing in a Forum, so the writing tends to be more uniform.

In other areas, it is more easy to distinguish the writing.

I have noted, that writing of someone with Asperger may be particularly original with less worn down phrases. However, in most writing, what characterises an Asperger is that he tends to think less about the reader when writing. This means that in particular the style and structure clearly do not fit the intended reader or the purpose of the writing.

I do notice a different style of writing on this forum. There's definitely less cliquey-ness, indecipherable banter, etc. People tend to stick to the topic more on here. Things are also stated more directly and with less sarcasm.

I don't know that everyone on here posts the same exact way on other forums though. I know I tend to gravitate toward the same writing style as other users. I can be way more sarcastic on other forums. Overall I feel more comfortable on WP than anywhere else online though.

I too have a book, and my characters are well defined, but the action is like water flowing around rocks in a stream.

They are strongly fixed types that have little dialog, but the action is the dynamic where the characters form ways of dealing with different types.

The group grows, and all of the new ones seek to find a place in the pattern. Even those who have no direct contact with the original cast, fit themselves to the original pattern.

I am also big on description, creating a whole world. The world is the pattern they all are in, and they fit to it, and to each other.

I only use dialog where it is needed to carry the story, and leave a lot to the imagination of the reader.

You know, "I" is a pronoun. It's one of the most common words in the English language. I don't see how or why anyone would avoid its use. After all, if I'm the speaker, then I might say "I" every so often.

Really, though, I tend to introduce my sentences with an introductory adverb. (In speech, too.)