So over the years I've being through all speech, got into Montessori School so pressure is off me to keep with curriculum. But communication keeps being an issue. So we finished grammar substitution at home deciding Montessori was providing foundations.
Just started to relax, taking more time off and parent's meeting.....so going to need to work on essay writing. (Exhausted)
I'm thinking after this of starting nixmorf school, it fills in here where Montessori comes short!! But I'm old and maybe I'll get young ambitious people in who can facilitate.
Advice on writing welcome, I've got few ideas from my experience being asd...
Not in a position to offer advice, but I’ll share.
Recovering from a massive burnout, I had the idea to write a page, maybe two, about an ND guy meeting an NT woman. It was a tool to help focus on a few issues. I’m on page 614 right now. I enjoy writing and, anyway, have a need to create. I’ve averaged 50 - 60 hours a week for over a year.
I don’t write to be read; I spent a lifetime trying to ‘publish’ my thoughts and ideas, and now I’m fine with the fact that this work will never be read. After 30 years of teaching twice a week, I’m writing for myself.
I believe it was the great master of historical fiction James Michener who said, “I am a terrible writer. Fortunately, I’m one of the world’s greatest rewriters.”
I’m currently wrapping up my first draft. There’s no particular reason to believe that I’ll be around long enough for a few rewrites, but I’m not too concerned about that, either.
Probably a third of what I’ve written will be trashed on the first rewrite; maybe a thousand hours worth. But those were the times I was forcing my characters to work out difficult issues. Now, I know what they have to do, so I can ditch the hemming and hawing and get right to it.
For first draft, I only wanted characters, storyline and dialogue, so what I have is devoid of texture. That’s okay for now.
Won a few speech contests in junior high, got to go to a half-day presentation by Rod Serling. Fascinating, but came away with his central advice. Write your story idea in one or two sentences, put that scrap in a drawer somewhere and forget it. He said his house was filled with scraps. When he came across a scrap, he’d think about it, maybe add a note or two, put it back away. Whether in months or years, an idea worth pursuing would slowly reveal itself. Or not. He never wrote things that hadn’t matured in this way.
I hope to hear how your project comes along.