Is it abnormal to be a good writer when you have Aspergers?

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I don't know. In most of my life, i'we drew comics rather than write stories.
I just started to write last year, but i still prefer to draw rather than write.
People say i don't write that bad. I think the same.
But, i pay much attention when i write. Before to start writing i plain everithing, how character acts, what is the background of the world i'm coming to describle and many other things, i work a lot for correct weak points and i pay attention for avoid fillers. I also make research for check if my ideas are original or are overused. Because of this, people assume i lack of imagination (even if i have original ideas), because i can write only few lines without an outline.
In true before art school people said i was imaginative because of my comics. At art school instead teachers said i total lack of any artistic talent (and i sucked even in logical subjects), and about imagination they say i could avoid to think to great ideas because i had no talent to make them effective. They also didn't allowed me to use colours in my drawings.
At graphic/design school (after art school) a teacher said i was pretty imaginative but i had low self esteem and this has killed my creativity.
About drawing things are now improving (drawing comes more natural with me, ideas flow with no problem and never disappear), but about writing i need to work hard.

I have troubles with characterization of my OCs and with dialogues. I have to work hard on them (and i have loads and loads of characters). I must say i don't express well their feelings.
About originality, people except my character should act in a way, and i make them act in another way that i fell is right for them. And readers fell disoriented.
I have not particular issues with plotline, and people still fell disoriented because i don't use cliches.

At least i am gifted in my thinking because i can think both in pictures and in words, even if about words thinking i had to pratice in order to be fluent at speaking (and peoble still have problems to understand what i really want to say because or i use wrong words or i use wrong tone)

No.

I think I have a battle sometimes between how much I enjoy writing, or expressing creativity and the fact that my work may not be what somebody else is interested in sometimes. I'm very right brained and I remember putting together a presentation for a service I provided for the company I worked for. The VP for business development sent back my proposal which I was the proud parent of, and it had been reformatted to meet the this established companies business lines, and had material I wouldn't have thought of added. I felt down, but I learned too that I have to work as a team on things like that. I have always when I wrote weighed myself against others and I am sure that is because I have issues being insecure about myself.

Nordlys wrote: About originality, people except my character should act in a way, and i make them act in another way that i fell is right for them. And readers fell disoriented.
I have not particular issues with plotline, and people still fell disoriented because i don't use cliches.

When I get a chance to write, I feel I get a chance to express my self-identity and it makes me feel good about who I am. I understand where you're coming from. I would say that its hard to think like almost everyone else, so enjoy being creative!



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I don't think so- If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism. They say the hallmark of our difficulties are with nonverbal communication and prospective taking. Other than that we're very diverse. Just like NT's, there is a wide range in our writing abilities.