{"id":206377,"date":"2017-07-28T03:24:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T10:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=206377"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:16","slug":"86-criplit-twitter-chat-writing-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/07\/28\/86-criplit-twitter-chat-writing-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/6 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Writing Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You are invited to the ninth #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae. <\/span><\/p>\n

We’re both writers of fiction and nonfiction. We’re both readers. We want to talk about the <\/span>experience<\/span><\/i> of writing about and from being disabled\u2014how it feels, what we love, what we hate. We want to talk about all kinds of writing: fiction and drama, poetry and creative non-fiction, journalism and personal essays. We’re interested in why we want to write about or from the perspective of disabled characters, or perhaps why we need to. We want to look at the kind of narratives we’ve seen a lot\u2014Cure narratives, Pity narratives, Outcast narratives\u2014and the kind we might sometimes write ourselves: Wish Fulfilment, Coming Out, Triumph, Norming narratives. What are they? What are some examples of each? What’s good about them? What’s bad? Why do we want\/do not want to write them? How can we learn to do it better?<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional Links<\/b><\/h3>\n

Towards an Intersectional queer crip syllabus<\/a>, by Tovah Leibowitz, Autostraddle, May 23, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Writing without pity<\/a>, Out of the Binders, April 4, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Stylish Negotiations<\/a>, Emily K. Michael, Brevity, July 14, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Write About Your Disability<\/a>, by Rebecca Swanson, The Rumpus, June 28, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Participate<\/b><\/h3>\n

Follow<\/span> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> @nicolaz<\/span><\/a> on Twitter for updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it\u2019s time, search<\/span> #CripLit<\/span><\/a> on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the \u2018Latest\u2019 tab for the full conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you might be overwhelmed by the volume of tweets and only want to see the chat\u2019s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility\u2019s account. Each question will tweeted 6-8 minutes apart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out this explanation of how to participate in a twitter chat by Ruti Regan:<\/span> https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out this captioned #ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by<\/span> @behearddc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HEARDDC\/videos\/1181213075257528\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Introductory Tweets and Questions for 8\/6 Chat<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Welcome to the #CripLit chat on Writing Disability. This chat is co-hosted by<\/span> @nicolaz<\/span><\/a> & @disvisibility. Please remember to use the #CripLit hashtag when you tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: \u201cA1 [your message] #CripLit\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Q1 Roll call! Please introduce yourself and share any links to your work or anything else about yourself. #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q2 Do you write about disability? What kind of #criplit stories do you write? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q3 What are the joys\/challenges (physical, emotional, mental\/intellectual) of writing disability? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q4 What are some disability narratives: Cure, Outcast, Pity, Triumph, Wish Fulfilment, Coming Out? Which do you love\/hate? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q5 \u00a0What kind of stories are missing? How do we expand disability narratives? How do we get more #CripLit on shelves and screens?<\/span><\/p>\n

Q6 What\u2019s your approach to writing about disability? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q7 Should disabled writers write only stories with disabled characters, or about disability issues? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q8 Are you ever tempted to tone down the disability in your work in order to be ‘more publishable\/marketable’? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q9 Do you see parallels between #CripLit narratives and those of other marginalised groups: #ownvoices stuff by queer, POC, immigrants, etc?<\/span><\/p>\n

Q10 Would you want to take a class\/workshop for crip writers? What would it be like? Are there any you’d recommend? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for joining our #CripLit chat. Please continue the conversation! <\/span><\/p>\n

A Storify will be up tomorrow. Check the #CripLit hashtag. Feel free to contact @DisVisibility @nicolaz with any ideas\/feedback\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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