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Panda push down hill4/4/2023 ![]() Writing with aphantasia wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. In the end, I had a try, and my first novella Downhill From Wednesday was born! How Do You Write, If You Have Aphantasia? I knew I wanted to write them but wasn’t sure that I could. It doesn’t stop, and before long I had rough drafts for a few stories. I wrote articles and advertising pieces that didn’t involve much description. When I started writing, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to describe things well enough. I regularly create imaginary worlds for my stories. People often think that those of us with apahantasia are unimaginative. I can work out that it would look better if it were cleaned up, that’s about the extent of my design creativity. Buy them and try it out? Will this table fit in the space we have? No idea - let’s measure it! Some people can walk into a room or building and see the potential. Would this sofa work with these curtains and wallpaper? No idea. ![]() I am not good at imagining a room or building looking different. It doesn’t make me feel sleepy! I didn’t realise that other people could actually see the sheep until I was in my twenties. I know what they look like - but I can’t see them in my mind.Ĭounting sheep has always been quite weird for me. Actually, that’s as far as I can go in describing Donald Trump! Orange juice is easy - it’s a yellow-orange liquid. I know what Donald Trump looks like - fluffy blond hair, orange skin. I say ‘Donald Trump, naked, covered in orange juice’ to my husband who has a vivid visual imagination and he actually sees the image in his head. ![]() A bit like being a person who dislikes chocolate (I’m told that they do exist) or someone who loves cold weather!Īphantasia is the inability to create images in your mind’s eye. I don’t consider it to be a disability - just a difference. I didn’t know I had it until I was an adult. There’s an image there, somewhere! Photo by Alex Gindin on Unsplash What is Apantasia ![]()
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