I don't know if it is neurodivergence per se -- more likely it is my training as an architect -- but I tend to "design" my fiction in a kind of structural way. I may start with some scenes and ideas, but before I do any writing or even any really serious plotting, I enjoy seeing how I can make different parts and pieces related to each other. I suppose its just outlining, but outlining with an eye towards symmetry and repetition of themes, ideas, and "shapes". (Similarly, my ideas for novels often quickly turn into multigenerational epics, probably because of that same impulse.)
Knowing the little I do, it seems to me that your training as an architect gives you a unique or advantaged view of all things 'structure' - including story structure.
Or maybe it's a simple case of "AND" - Architectural NeuroDivergence. Diagnosed by indications of "outlining with an eye towards symmetry and repetition of themes, ideas, and "shapes".
Please forgive my play with 'labels' :-) And thank you for participating in the conversation.
I don't know if it is neurodivergence per se -- more likely it is my training as an architect -- but I tend to "design" my fiction in a kind of structural way. I may start with some scenes and ideas, but before I do any writing or even any really serious plotting, I enjoy seeing how I can make different parts and pieces related to each other. I suppose its just outlining, but outlining with an eye towards symmetry and repetition of themes, ideas, and "shapes". (Similarly, my ideas for novels often quickly turn into multigenerational epics, probably because of that same impulse.)
Knowing the little I do, it seems to me that your training as an architect gives you a unique or advantaged view of all things 'structure' - including story structure.
Or maybe it's a simple case of "AND" - Architectural NeuroDivergence. Diagnosed by indications of "outlining with an eye towards symmetry and repetition of themes, ideas, and "shapes".
Please forgive my play with 'labels' :-) And thank you for participating in the conversation.
Love the rabbits throughout this. They’ve been messengers for me lately.
Rabbit messengers - lovely. My messenger is a hawk ... she's been silent lately ... or maybe I haven't been listening in the right places.