by Amelia Loken | Jun 13, 2026 | Writing Craft
Conflict is the engine of story — but not in the way most writing advice frames it. If you want deeper, more layered conflict in your fiction, disability offers one of the richest craft lenses available. Disability and conflict are deeply connected, not because...
by Amelia Loken | May 29, 2026 | Disability Models
After writing about the Charitable Model and the Medical Model, stepping into the Social Model feels like opening a window in a stuffy room. Suddenly, there’s space to breathe. Space to imagine. Space to belong. Where earlier models locate disability inside the person...
by Amelia Loken | May 8, 2026 | Writing
Most fantasy and sci‑fi stories begin with the same assumption: if a character is disabled, the plot must eventually cure them. Magic restores what was “lost,” technology repairs what was “broken,” and the hero’s journey becomes a quest for normalization. My creative...
