30-Degree Shift
Reality is a mass of reasons; I’m just here to map the gravity. 30-Degree Shift is a weekly publication of essays exploring the structural irony of the world through a neurodivergent lens. Whether it’s special relativity, the craft of fiction, or the sensory weight of a blue-buttercream cake, I’m looking for how light bends around our baggage.
TL;DR - My brain is a messy equation and I’m trying to solve it on the chalkboard in front of class.
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30-Degree Shift is a weekly column by William T. Torgerson
The Weight of Invisible Work
The story behind Tears of Inti: how I complicated yet another simple idea, turning into four months of research, illustration, revision, and one handmade zine.
Looking for the Deli Cup
The trick to good worldbuilding isn't adding more detail. It's finding the one detail that makes someone say, "Huh. Hah!”
Robert Frost’s Bill
One life never seemed enough to me. Sadly, it’s all I have. No worries, I’ll just learn everything.
… shit.
Missing the Garden for the Peas
I walk through my garden every morning to inspect my plants. It’s been a while since I stepped back.
Passion Isn’t About Success
Passion isn’t about success.
It’s about whether you love the work even when it doesn’t matter.
Most of us don’t realize the difference until much later. Some never do.
Burn Your Art (Somtimes)
I finished my first real creative work at 100 issues.
Then it dissolved in soda.
Years later, I burned a novel on purpose.
This is about the difference, and how the prominence effect can provide a frame.