More important than writing for an audience, is writing for yourself. Author Jason Sanford has chosen to write true to himself above all else, not holding anything back in this Big Idea for his newest novel, We Who Hunt Alexanders. Come along and see how being neurodiverse helped shape this story, as well as his own story.
JASON SANFORD:
In fiction, the mask comes off.
Which, yeah, not a revelation for most authors and readers. After all, fiction has long lifted the veil on reality and explored topics, ideas, and dreams that are seen as too difficult, unsettling, or daring to discuss in our everyday lives. Fiction is also a window for seeing life from different perspectives – a way to escape from our individually limited viewpoints and experience the world through the eyes of other people.
But that’s not what I mean when I say that with fiction, the mask comes off. For me, that statement is instead extremely personal and extremely direct. Because as someone on the autistic spectrum, when I write my stories the mask I normally wear has indeed been removed.…
Source: The Big Idea: Jason Sanford | Whatever
