WHY I WRITE: Elle McNicoll

The Literary Consultancy presents four specially commissioned short films featuring some of the UK’s most celebrated writers, telling their story of how they became writers; and how you can too.

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I love you Elle!! Carry on!!💖

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I've just started "A Kind of Spark." Its grasp of compassion, bigotry, empathy and confusion, told through a lens of misunderstood inhibition, is highly readable and emotive.
At school, I was unable to grasp instruction. Scared of being berated for not listening, I stopped asking for help. Teachers seemed to think I was just lazy and uncooperative. At twenty-one, I learned I have Asperger's syndrome. Miss Murphy's ignorance of Addie's motor skill-impaired handwriting, and ripping up of her story, emphasises the destructiveness of compulsory school. I seriously think legally forcing children into the custody of strangers, who may berate those unable to perform, should be abolished. Instead, we could have, for ages four to twelve, day centres filled with books, computers, television monitors and sports gear. For ages thirteen to eighteen, optional colleges could teach academia and practical skills.