Tag: ADHD Writer
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ADHD & Writing
I’ve been working on this post for literal years. And if that doesn’t illustrate exactly what it’s like to be a writer with ADHD, I don’t know what will. Still, since my diagnosis, several regular readers of my blog have reached out to me to write about this topic, so I put it on my…
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How to Beat Writer’s Block – ADHD Edition
I’ve said this a million times and will likely never shut up about it, but we all just want to fit in, right? We want to know our struggles aren’t unique, and that someone out there gets what we’re going through. So, during the worst writer’s block of my life, I did what any run-down…
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Easy Self-Editing – Redundancies (Pleonasms)
The first draft of A Study of Ash & Smoke was riddled with redundancies, AKA pleonasms. My editor, Nerine Dorman, took to my debut manuscript with a kill-it-with-fire vehemence and likely mumbled a million curses at the ceiling as she removed them (among other issues) from my very *cough, cough* unpolished novel. I’ve said this…
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Quick ADHD Resources
Adult ADHD diagnosis is a wild ride. When I tell people about my diagnosis, I typically get one of two replies. It’s either, “Everyone is a little ADHD,” or, “Everyone has ADHD these days.” Meanwhile, the diagnosis has been the answer to all the questions I’ve been asking my entire life. It’s wild to suddenly…
Yolandie Horak 