Creatively ADHD

Creatively ADHD

Writing with ADHD

When the words don't fall out: an inexhaustive list of ADHD traits that can make writing harder than it needs to be

May 29, 2025
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Writers love to say writing is like wrestling alligators. If that’s true, writing with ADHD is like wrestling an alligator with one hand—sometimes both—tied behind your back.

Maybe this is where you want to stop me to ask, “Wait, isn’t ADHD a creative superpower?”

While I don’t go so far as to call it a superpower, I can’t deny we ADHDers may have a leg u…

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