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Hello all,

Giving this forum thing a try. I'm a shade under 30 years old, was diagnosed with Aspergers at 17.
Actually came across this forum while searching for information on film-making and writers with Aspergers. I'm living across the country from where I grew up, go Canada!

I always dreamed of being a writer, until I realized that I just cannot write dialogue nor picture a normal human conversation in my head. Coaching as a young adult has enabled me to get "successfully" through a conversation in person.... not so much on paper. My hobbies include photography and training dogs (not professionally).

I'm here because I really have struggled to find my place in the world, and continue to do so now. Sometimes I question if that will ever happen for me, or if I am always destined to be an outsider. I've successfully graduated college (a few separate one year programs) but attended four different colleges before I managed to get that done. I've always wanted to work in film, as I liked the idea of being a cog in that grand machine, but my difficulties in writing dialogue and communication seem to have prevented that from becoming reality.

My favorite music genre is Trap music, but I do love Florence and the Machine, Halsey, Bastille. Along that vein, I really love anything with strong piano or orchestra (ex: My Body Is a Cage, Peter Gabriel)

Plans for the future are what is up in the air right now, and I can only describe day to day life as living in terror. I'm unsure if I should accept that at almost 30 my dream of working in the career of my choice is gone (many non aspies fail this job too) or if I should keep on trucking.

As my username suggests, I want to be good. At something. Anything.

Cheers!
-E

Welcome, I am sure you're good at lots of things!

Welcome, from a fellow Canadian!

Hey wanttobegood welcome.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

I know how it feels to want to write, but lack the social skills to pull off the character interaction pieces. I find a lot of joy in the work I do now, as part of my job is to write programs and guides for how things are done in the factory which I work. I find I am very good at making instruction manuals, and I actually enjoy what I am doing. I am sure you can find an outlet for your writing somewhere, which does not require the depth of character building that fictional and non fictional writing does. I always wanted to write and illustrate encyclopedia's as a child, sadly the internet and Wikipedia squashed that dream, but there are sites out there that will pay you to enter subtitles for movies or write instructions and how to guides…