Madgirldy

Thank you! I want to write stories with characters that people, real people, can relate too. Different people, a wide array. It’s balancing the idea of showing a character as an individual, and also them being someone that a large amount of people can relate too that I’m finding difficult

I’m a young writer who really wants diversity in my writing. I’d really like to write some characters with autism but I don’t want to do it wrong. Could you give just a few things to avoid or to show? Like I know the obvious stuff like not showing people as ‘emotionless’ but ‘deal with emotion differently’. But I want my characters to feel authentic

Half the problem is that I’m very anxious. I get really worked up about asking people really private things. I’m always worried about accidentally offending them by prying