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560 sats \ 22 comments \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist 17 Jul art

Hello everyone!

It has been a while since I have posted. My mental health has not been the greatest. It appears I might have either ADHD or Bipolar or perhaps both.

However I am getting lots of help and support and I have started journaling and this appears to be a very helpful activity. I’m also working on a novel detailing my bizarre life.

I would like to expand or improve my writing and I was curious if anyone has any recommendations on doing this?

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68 sats \ 5 replies \ @plebpoet 18 Jul

read so much. read what you like. entertain yourself on a blank page for as long as you can. if you can't, stop. it helps do it in silence. it helps to speak out loud to yourself. (I actually don't know about that, but it could be true for you, who knows?) ask for feedback whenever, and this is a great place to do it.

a couple years ago, I was asking stackers similar questions, and they had a lot of cool things to say #301588 it was like a highlight of my life, so could be worth looking at again

134 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 18 Jul

ps thank you @elvismercury for #302179. I haven't said so before, maybe once on stacker news live. What you wrote there shook the ground for me a little bit.

87 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 18 Jul

This comes as a very welcome message to me right now for reasons you will never know. (Ha, so meta!)

Thanks for taking the time.

101 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 17h

I have issues {x, y, z} and they manifest in {a, b, c}. Quitting […] would have been a short-term fix that solved nothing at all. Then {x, y, z} would simply have manifested in {p, q, r}. {x, y, z} is what needs to be dealt with.

Also thanks from me now for this. This is quite literally what I’ve been thinking about for the last six months, but phrased much better. Now I’ll never forget it!

you’re changing lives with your arrangements of words

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 18 Jul

Reading my response to you hits differently, now that I know you a bit better. Cool that we have built a friendship through time even though we interact with each other only occasionally!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 18h

I so felt the same way. it's cool to look back just a couple years to reflect, and it confirms that something real is happening here

194 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 18 Jul

Write every day. Read what you write. Don't get discouraged.

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @nkmg1c_ventures 17 Jul

Check out On Writing Well by Zinsser

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 18 Jul

That's a super nice one

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti 18h

If anything, those labels will indicate your talent. That's where culture has a problem with you.

200 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled 17 Jul

theres probably many ways one can improve their writing, but id say one of the best and most rewarding would be to find someone you trust and see if they'll give you honest feedback. See if they can tell you:

how what you wrote made you feel
whether they think they 'got' what it is you were trying to say
what they liked/disliked

Then compare what they tell you with what your expectation was. Rinse and repeat.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 17 Jul

That actually really good advice. Thank-you very much.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 17 Jul

Haha first lesson. Proofread before hitting reply.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 18 Jul

I think there is no need to think less of yourself because of your condition. Neurodivergent people contribute to the world through their creativity and quirky ways. I often bring up the example of Dav Pilkey. His misspellings and random capitalisation haven’t deterred from casting his light on the world.

I think that in an age where AI slop turns people off, our writing, flawed as it may be, may ironically gain greater value because we unreservedly share ourselves on the page, warts and all. Don’t censor yourself too much. Just write away and post

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 18 Jul

Thank-you for the kind words. I don’t think less of myself I’m just trying to understand myself better I will write more about this as it develops.

I haven’t been diagnosed yet with anything but something is definitely going on but like you said I shall just write away and post.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 18 Jul

Thank-you everyone for the suggestions. I made an entry as a test run. #1044068

45 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 18 Jul

Hey just realized I knew you from your earlier posts #765703, welcome back! sorry to hear you've been going through things. Journaling and writing is definitely something I do to feel like a real person and stuff. I hope your expression in writing will bring peace to you. Will be here, looking out for anything you share!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 18 Jul

To say the truth, most writers tend to use AI services to organize their work however you need to add your personal touch to the writing not just copy and paste like a robot.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 18 Jul

Does that improve your craft or is that a form of cheating yourself?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 22h

There is a big difference between this and that. Request 1: Expand to 3 titled paragraphs: This is a form of cheating yourself Request 2: Correct grammatic and mispell errors in this paragraph (you write your craft) In form 1: You are cheating yourself. In form 2: It helps to have a paragraph grammar mistake free and without mispell errors or sentences that aren't understandable. Hope this is clear

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 18 Jul

I am not very instructed in the subject, but I think that something that could be useful apart from the activities you already mentioned. It would be a newspaper (about your day to day) I was recent

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 18 Jul

Wow, in my family, my nephew has ADHD and receives therapy. Apparently, I suffer from it too. I also love literature, reading, and writing. Don't give up, just get inspired and write. You'll see that everything flows.