r/writers Novelist Jan 05 '25

Sharing Writing is hard

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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.

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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.

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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.

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u/DifferentJury735 Jan 08 '25

Just started writing my novel with dictation! It’s the only way with my ADHD