Just Write, Right Now - Learn to Let Go of Your Internal Editor

ADHD Education

Until I began to understand my own ADHD, I was always worried about writing the perfect sentence.

I was seeking the perfect punctuation and prose and was trying to construct the perfect sequence of words.  While doing this I was also insuring that everything was spelled correctly.  

Eventually, I became aware that my inability to always find the right words was impeding my ability to gain any writing momentum.  I was so busy worrying about writing the right thing; I never got to write anything.

If you want to write, then just write. Right now. Get rid of your internal editor.  That's the one that has to find the perfect words before you can write anything.

Give yourself permission to proceed by writing what consciously shows up in your mind.

You can always edit later. You can’t always capture an idea that is only present for a blink of an eye.

No one has measured the speed of thought, but I can assure when you don’t write down a spontaneous, creative thought when it happens, trying to remember it later usually means you have lost it, maybe forever.

You just have to let go of your internal editor.

If you do, you will write some of the most creative pieces you could ever imagine. As the very old Alka Seltzer commercials used to say: "Try it, you'll like it."

Isn’t it better to capture the main thrust of your ideas so that you can develop what could eventually become a new innovation, service, product, book, article, system etc. rather than worrying about making the sentence sounding right?

Just write. Right now.