There's nothing wrong with my brain, and non-autistic people would find it just as challenging to talk in my way as I do in theirs. Mind-mapping can paralyse me when I'm writing, too. My debut novel, Exciting Times, is accordingly compact. I see just as many detours and side-lanes when I'm writing as I do when I'm talking to people, but there's no immediate pressure to pick a course. Naoise Dolan's debut novel, 'Exciting Times', published by W&N, is out now

Source: Irish Independent May 08, 2020 19:07 UTC