#adhd writers
I’m a knitter. I sometimes knit socks.
I have recently got back into doing some writing. This writing has been multi-chaptered.
So, here is a trick I am going to share that I learned from knitting socks. There is a thing called “second sock syndrome” which is when you finish one sock but can’t seem to get around to starting the second. So, when I finish a sock I IMMEDIATELY cast on the second sock and just knit a few rows.
So, when you finish that chapter, IMMEDIATELY just write one sentence of the next chapter. Trust me.
I have, and do, do this!
Not even, always, the end of a chapter. If I reach a place where there should be a scene break, I write the next few sentences so I have a launching off point the next time I sit down to write.
It helps me *so much!*
Chaos Mode version of this: stop in the middle of a sentence.
You know how the sentence ends. Just getting those first few words out can really help the work start flowing next time you sit down to write.
If you are at all OCD it will also drive you insane until you CAN sit down and start writing, which may or may not be a good thing. Just the impetus of ‘I NEED to finish that bloody sentence!’ can be useful to get me to stop procrastinating and start writing.
