Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 128 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Mazey Eddings all about neurodiversity in fiction.
In this episode we cover:
- Finding the balance between realistic detail and info dumping
- Making mental health representation realistic
- Taking care of yourself when writing about difficult topics
- How to research mental health effectively
- Literary tricks to give depth to representation
This week’s question is: How comfortable are you writing about difference?
Recommendation of the week is: Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
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“How comfortable are you writing about difference?”
I am an very “new” writer and feel most comfortable writing about protagonists who are quite similar to me in terms of personality and emotional responses, but I surprised myself recently by writing a short story where the protagonist is a male rapist devoid of emotions – needless to say, very different from myself, and that was really enjoyable, in a morbid kind of way…