#adhd writer problems

[laurelsandcats]

Live footage of me trying to converge all of the plot lines that I told myself I would figure out “later”:

[willofthequill]

My writing process goes something like this

1. Scroll through my WIPs until I find something shiny

2. Start to re-read WIP, get distracted, end up on Tumblr

3. Remember I'm working on WIP and return to re-reading it because I am a goldfish and I can't remember what I wrote or just read

4. Edit as I go, feeling accomplished

5. Pause to load a bowl and end up on Tumblr

6. Back to the WIP. Write for a while and find some minute detail I am obsessed with being 100% accurate

7. Go down rabbit hole and spend hours researching obscure detail, end up with 97 tabs open

8. Take a break due to information overloading myself and end up on Tumblr

9. Go back to WIP, write the part with that specific detail, decide I want to work on a different fic.

10. And repeat

[snotsloth]

Me: Trying to finish this damn BG3 fanfic

My subconscious: What if we took another crack at a space opera? 👀👀👀

Me: Brain, please!

[callipraxia]

A couple of years ago, I wrote about a hundred pages of an original manuscript…and I have no idea where the relevant notebook is. And this week I can’t stop thinking about it, and how I wish I could find it and work on it some more….

[galaxyedging]

I want to read something specific, but I don't know what, so I can't search for it or write it for myself. If anyone knows what it is or wants to write it for me, let me know.

[loganofthenorth]

Okay so since the Intruality AU I was invested in isn't getting a lot of attention, I'm going to put it on the back burner and work on something else.

Now, the logical thing to do, would be to try to get myself hyperfocused on one of my already existing fan fics that still need updating and are getting attention

Or on the second book in my original series that still needs to be written

But that's not what my ADHD decided we're doing.

No, instead it's dug up an old Prinxiety role play I did with a friend

I have an AU where Virgil (played by my friend) is secretly Mark Violet, a famous singer that Roman (played by me) is obsessed with. Roman doesn't know that Mark Violet, his hero, his idol, his celebrity crush, is actually Virgil, the freshman his best friend 'adopted'.

Roman eventually creates the aliases Rosemarie Sparks, and quickly becomes a pop sensation. Under their aliases, Mark Violet and Rosemarie fall in love. But when they start to realize each other's true identities, their anxieties start to mess things up.

The thing is, I've become very attached to the concept I've made of Rosemarie Sparks, but as an OC separate from Roman rather than as Roman himself.

And believe it or not this was all a sub plot to a Magical Boi AU we were doing.

So I kinda want to take their storyline and write an original story inspired by it but making it my own

But my original stories tend to have little to no reads while my fan fictions tend to have many, and when asking the friend I did this role play with, he said I should keep it Prinxiety.

But Rosemarie is such an OC at this point, and I'd want the story to be focused on them rather than on the Prinxiety aspects.

I'm also debating on turning it into a lesbian story and changing Mark Violet's character.

And I want the story to talk about fame and privilege and explore different themes that would definitely draw the attention away from it being a Sanders Sides story

I don't know. There's just so many debates going on in my head about this.

[yourlocaladhder]

It's very difficult to create realistic timelines in your story when you're struggling to figure out how long a week usually is.

[rookie-ramsey]

I never realize how distracting the planet is until I’m trying to write a story that desperately needs updating. 🙃