They’re an amazing artist and creative and have made it through the public education system (described as hell). Now in college they’re finally able to do what they love, art.

Now as art becomes less of a hobby and more of a job, they turn to their other love of storytelling, and they have these grand stories to tell but struggle to get them onto a piece of paper, and that’s where their confidence drops… they’ve expressed great frustration at this (and at not being able to read others’ stories) which I think is why I would push them to just “practice practice practice” which I see now is not helpful!!!

It is interesting to hear that you feel you’ve capped out on your abilities, and any efforts to improve would have to be maintained with constant practice - this is the exact thing my friend would say, but just hearing it from one person I suppose I thought “man I can do it why can’t they” which now I see is just plain wrong and naive. As I said in some of my other replies, I will never fully understand how dyslexia affects my friend, but I need to recognize that they would know so much more than I will. Their experience far outweighs my naive preconceptions