When Faith Meets Fiction: Building Characters Through Christ's Eyes | Episode 211

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What if the very challenges you face could become your greatest creative strengths? Meet Gabriel Bloor, a dyslexic author who transforms his neurodivergent thinking into a superpower for crafting immersive fictional worlds.
"My mother told me for the longest time my dyslexia is not a weakness but a superpower," shares Bloor, whose unique cognitive perspective allows him to simultaneously inhabit his characters while maintaining a bird's-eye view of his entire fictional universe. This dual perspective creates a reading experience that multiple readers have described as "like watching a movie."
Bloor's writing journey began at 13 with simple story completion exercises assigned by his homeschooling mother as a prerequisite for video game time. What started as a childhood task exploded into a prolific creative process that has yielded approximately 120 book starts over the past decade. His approach to character creation happens instantaneously—full personalities, appearances, and backgrounds materializing in his mind with remarkable detail. The only exception? Names, which he admits slip from his memory almost immediately.
What distinguishes Bloor in the Christian fiction landscape is his willingness to explore darker psychological themes. Currently pursuing a psychology degree at a Christian college, he incorporates this knowledge into stories like his upcoming comic series "Crosshairs of My Heart"—following a high school bounty hunter funding his mother's cancer treatment while navigating faith, temptation, and first love.
For fellow creatives struggling with mental health challenges or neurodivergence, Bloor offers transformative advice: "Find your weakness in your strengths and find your strengths in your weakness." Through understanding how his mind works—sometimes hyperfocused, other times scattered—he's adapted his creative process accordingly, even using music that matches the emotional tone of scenes he's writing.
Discover Gabriel Bloor's work on Amazon under his name, featuring poetry collections including "Gabriel's Message," or find him on Rumble as "TheCustodian" where he shares insights about his creative process, books, and more. Join us for a fascinating journey inside the mind of an author who proves that our greatest perceived limitations often contain our most unique gifts.

Author Gabriel Bloor shares his unique approach to writing as someone with dyslexia, revealing how his neurodivergent thinking creates immersive fictional worlds that readers experience like watching movies. He discusses his journey from struggling with basic storytelling as a teen to developing complex characters and worlds that incorporate psychological depth within Christian fiction.

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