I have an idea for an illustrated story. It sounds well in my eyes, but I feel like I'm going to be killed if I write it and don't get any AFF feedback first.
Ok, it's about this young autistic boy who mostly keeps to himself. On day, while outside, he became interested in this butterfly. He liked it so much he wished he could be like the butterfly. Well, while at school he would be picked on for not talking, and sometimes saying utterly random things. Now all he could speak about was his interest in butterflies. His parents eventually got sick of it and sent him to rehab. to be "set straight".
I don't have anything planned after that point. Is it bad or not?
Not really bad... but a rather hot button issue for a children's story (assuming that's what you have in mind when you say illustrated story) Being a mom (a mom that has AS) I totally get what you're trying to say, but I try to keep my kids out of politics, or at least the heavy stuff for a while. Perhaps you could make it more of a metaphor about AS? Like the kid gets to be a butterfly and flutter around the school yard watching the other students and the other students commenting on how neat he is and complimenting his aspie traits? Not sure how that would really work out, and admittedly a very frilly approach, but my butterfly-loving kids would pick it up...
Good luck.
Well what I mean by illustrated is like drawn out like a picture book.
I don't think it'll be very interesting the way you put it, even for an illustrated story... sorry.
I like the buttefly part, but only until he gets sent to rehab...
I don't have anything planned after that point. Is it bad or not?
What's bad about it?
Well, I don't know. My very limited mind thought it would be received as negative even though it's not intended to be.
Is the whole story going to be in passed tense with a third person point of view?
Would it be more interesting if the intro/story was more personal, more action, instead of a narrative "giving out background information" which can't captivate readers. (I don't know the correct terms!)
Maybe.... you could be the little buttefly boy. What do you feel? How do you think? Just some ideas
Well, I don't know. My very limited mind thought it would be received as negative even though it's not intended to be.
Do you have a "limited", black-and-white Aspergian mind?
Whether or not you do, I certainly fit that bill...
Do you have a "limited", black-and-white Aspergian mind?
Very much, yes. I'm not a really good writer, and I don't have a really vivid imagination.
Do you have a "limited", black-and-white Aspergian mind?
Very much, yes. I'm not a really good writer, and I don't have a really vivid imagination.
I'm a decent writer, I have a very vivid imagination, but I am quite the black-and-white thinker.
Go figure...