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23 Sep 2010, 3:50 pm

Janissy wrote:
True accounts of people with autism sell quite well indeed, probably better than fictional accounts. True accounts of autism are not non-fiction books about medications, which is what you have listed. They are autobiographies and they sell very well. John Robinson, Temple Grandin and Daniel Tammet all wrote autobiographies about their autism and these books sold well, probably better than any fictional accounts.


It's true. I love Temple Grandin's work, my psych teacher offered to let me read his copies of her books when he found out I was diagnosed. We would talk about it after class or some down time during band rehearsal (he was our marching technician). My grandma wanted to read one of them and said, "while it's interesting, it was hard to get through and boring." This is the woman who will watch ANYTHING on TV, so long that it isn't smut. :P



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23 Sep 2010, 9:06 pm

KissOfMarmaladeSky wrote:
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Well, fiction is also a neat package with no loose ends and usually a linear plot. It is easy to follow. Real life is messy and full of persons that are hard to track and has no discernible plot.


For the real life thing, you just described the stories that I write. My stories usually have a weird plot that constantly diverges.


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To me it's amazing that original works can, over time, be intentionally rewritten. If one looks at the original Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum and then the movie, the Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland, one can see a large difference.

The Hollywood movie is quite different than the original book.

Sometimes books and movies made about them are two different animals so to speak.

The Fiddler on the Roof musical on Broadway is quite different than the movie musical, Fiddler on the Roof.