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When You Don't Know What to Write

The thought process of an ADD Person with writers block

Craig Grunewald
Aug 09, 2016
Mcdaniel College
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When You Don't Know What to Write
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It is Thursday night, and I'm sitting in my room, trying to write an article for this week. Like most weeks, I have not thought about what to write, and I am stuck at the last minute trying to get something down so I can submit it. I am determined to get at least something down, so I take my computer down to the kitchen, put on some music, and start writing.

I manage to write a couple of sentences, but struggle to figure out where I am taking this story. I decide to write an outline to guide myself with this. Well, I know I want to write something about ADD, and transition into this overstimulating world not being conducive to my concentration. But I still can't think of what I want to write.

At this point I have been sitting here for about 30 minutes and haven't been able to get anything down. I'll just go upstairs and browse the internet to clear my mind. Wait a minute, that's what got me here in the first place, that's been my problem for years. This is exactly what I wanted to write the article about. Isn't it funny how things can come full circle?

Now I'm sitting on my phone, looking at imgur...

Look at this GIF of a dog helping a deer...

I should be working on my article...

Oh my god, another badly photoshopped photo of Michael Cera...

I should be working on my article...

Heh, Donald Trump memes are the best...

Oh would you look at the time, I just wasted an hour not writing my article...

Okay, now I need to work on my article, time to sit down and do it. What should I write it about, maybe… Oh wait, it's time for dinner.

Alright, now it's really time to get this article done, I got a stomach full of food, and I don't have much more time to write this thing. Again, what should I write about? Well I guess I could just write it about not being able to write this article. Actually, that's perfect, I can totally make this work, it will be funny, and not serious at all.

Boom, article done. I should plan it out better next week so I don't have to do it all at the last minute… Nah, that's too much work, I'm sure that I'll come up with something brilliant again next week.

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