social stories

Trying to adapt some social stories so that they are not so rigid. These are stories used to help people on the autism spectrum understand and know what to do in social situations. I have never used them because i see them as counter-productive. People on the spectrum tend to  follow "rules" to a tee so any deviation from said story would make the situation even worse than without the training. And of course social situations regularly deviate from a script. That being said as social situations become more complicated for x i have noticed more and more awkwardness.  So here I sit trying to utilize these social situations in ways that will allow for flexibility (or the building of flexibility) but still help him figure out how to respond in these situations.