For a little context, I had to basically write my own woman in black fanfiction where I take the concept and write my own story. Also I have Alexithymia

I was talking to my teacher a few days before school break started and she casually mentioned “Wanna know something interesting? I’ve read hundreds of creative writing assignments and usually the really good ones are written by autistic students.”

At first I was confused because autism is a spectrum and so is writing ability and tastes. So I started asking questions. Like how the hell she knows the writer is autistic. “I’ve handled many autistic students over a few decades, over time you just know.”

Apparently neurotypical students use too much metaphors, similes, alliteration, focus too much on emotional scenes, etc.

And apparently autistic students focus more on story and always manage to think ahead while keeping consistent progression and fleshing out their characters.

“I mean, take your creative writing task for example.…