one of the goofiest parts of my job as a features writer is trying to corral my ADHD brain's spider-web-like understanding of a complicated issue into something organized, interesting, and understandable by a general audience
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Sometimes I talk it out with a coworker or ask for a really narrow focus. I also ask questions like, what are the most basic details I need to include? what is the grabbiest lead? Can I paraphrase this quote into something shorter?
Isn't it nuts? I developed a system of key words I call seeds to help me recall/align my thoughts but they read pretty cray cray. Sometimes I just pants it, though, because I know some deep part of my brain is smarter than my current thinking and I trust the Big Lizard in my Back Brain.
A real-estate grifter named Trump
Played American voters for chumps.
Then with criminal broadsides
He scuttled Old Ironsides,
And turned U. S. A. into a dump.
Writing things even simpler than that can be difficult when one sees so many different "angles" of an issue. Sympathy for you, but consider how many people see only 1 angle? A sad situation.😉
I've received ~250 issued patents despite/because of ADHD. We think differently. We find connections others miss. It is a superpower and a challenge at the same time. Just like you need a good editor, I need a good patent lawyer to translate that spider web. But I wouldn't give away my ADHD.
Do you ever draw a spider web network diagram of key words and phrases and then grab a colleague to see how you force linearity on it when verbally explaining it to them?
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Everyone says "write the scene you have in mind now!"
OK but how do I connect this??
Take Care for Whom You Vote
A real-estate grifter named Trump
Played American voters for chumps.
Then with criminal broadsides
He scuttled Old Ironsides,
And turned U. S. A. into a dump.
You may quote me on that.