Odd writing techniques

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Does anyone else have really eccentric writing techniques that might be spectrum related as a way of explaining things more naturally? (I tend to over-use parentheses)

Overuse of parentheses is common and not an Aspie thing, as far as I know.

I overuse parentheses too. Also, whenever there is a form to fill out and one of the options does not exactly match the answer I want to give, I write an explanation of my answer on the side that usually ends up being at least a paragraph long. Both are related to the need for exactitude.

I try to include as many explicit details as possible.

While I have heard that NTs do not need these details I find that when I miss things some fixate on the missed details and make a big deal about them.

I also (and I realize this is not an AS thing) overuse parentheses and - this sort of thing - and occasionally commas and have to rewrite what I meant to make it cleaner and clearer. I often find myself taking a parenthetical note and just making it a new paragraph.

From what I've seen, most of us have a similar writing style. Lots of details and careful analysis, frequent tangents, very little transitions, great grammar/spelling.

I seem to like semi colons a lot more than is usual.

I love semicolons; I use them often.

I put in too much detail and am frequently unable to summarize so my writing stretches on and on quite often.

Oh yeah, that's another thing, anbuend. I can't summarize for the life of me either. Or make something go in a particular direction. It goes where it goes. And spends a long time getting there.

My writing style is either really good or really bad. I cannot write any sort of story at all, even a fourth grader could do better than me. I fail at using dialogue and things like symbolism, and especially length. I have a hard time not being a minimalist, everything I write is a summary. But if I'm asked to write some sort of essay, I can do that. Putting things in very dry and boring textbook like terms is something that comes naturally to me. It gets me good grades on my essays in school, but I wish I was better at creative writing, I really want to write something science fictional, very much from a third rock from the sun perspective that would really make people think, but I just know that I can't do it. Instead of writing a story about something, my style of writing makes it more like a documentary. Then again, I would rather read a documentary than a personal story based around the same events.