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480 sats \ 11 comments \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist 5h 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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150 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 4h

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

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 4h

Check out On Writing Well by Zinsser

200 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled 4h

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 4h

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

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jimmyhoneyalchemist OP 4h

Haha first lesson. Proofread before hitting reply.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 2h

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

101 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 2h

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.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 1h

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.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 33m

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 57m

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.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 1h

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!