Question for writers
Hiii I have multi sensory aphantasia and have been doing a writing class for two years. My writing is more emotional and lots of dialogue rather than visuals and when I do describe sensory things it's heavily googled etc. I've been reading feedback on my portfolio and one of my tutors kept asking for visuals on things I also felt kind of irrelevant like what does the chair look like etc. Because I know it's important I add descriptions of what characters look like and what the setting looks like but it's quite basic but I really don't even think to add visual descriptions of things like what a chair looks like when it has nothing to do with anything. I also don't know how much visual details are appropriate like is a blue plastic chair good enough or really describe it lol. Has anyone else had comments on their writing like that? I keep doubting myself if I'm good enough as a writer but also feel it's okay more dialogue and emotion. Anyway how do you think aphantasia affects your writing?
Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:29 AM UTC