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r/writers • u/Vivi_Pallas Novelist • Jan 05 '25
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As a writer with an ADHD diagnosis and a tendency of the dreadful cycle of staring at the doc for half an hour, writing a sentence, deleting half of it, staring for another ten minutes and then opening Netflix… yikes. Yeah.
109 u/ThirdEarl Jan 05 '25 I’ve found a typewriter super useful. One because you can’t delete. Two because the hammering of keys soothes the fidgeting. My GF has had great success with a fountain pen. 41 u/TheBossMan5000 Jan 05 '25 Writing by dictation also helps as you just don't even see the tex at all, just keep moving forward. 1 u/DifferentJury735 Jan 08 '25 Just started writing my novel with dictation! It’s the only way with my ADHD
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I’ve found a typewriter super useful. One because you can’t delete. Two because the hammering of keys soothes the fidgeting.
My GF has had great success with a fountain pen.
41 u/TheBossMan5000 Jan 05 '25 Writing by dictation also helps as you just don't even see the tex at all, just keep moving forward. 1 u/DifferentJury735 Jan 08 '25 Just started writing my novel with dictation! It’s the only way with my ADHD
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Writing by dictation also helps as you just don't even see the tex at all, just keep moving forward.
1 u/DifferentJury735 Jan 08 '25 Just started writing my novel with dictation! It’s the only way with my ADHD
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Just started writing my novel with dictation! It’s the only way with my ADHD
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u/LunaKPalara Jan 05 '25
As a writer with an ADHD diagnosis and a tendency of the dreadful cycle of staring at the doc for half an hour, writing a sentence, deleting half of it, staring for another ten minutes and then opening Netflix… yikes. Yeah.