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6 Surprising Ways My ADHD Brain Helped Me Write an Award-Winning Novel

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Two decades ago, I was flunking out of a writing job while learning all about my new ADHD diagnosis, and why it was holding me back at work.

Today, I’m an award-winning novelist.How did that happen?Though my diagnosis only came after I hit career trouble at age 36, by intuition alone I had already found a calling that fit my ADHD brain.

As a journalist and then a content creator for non-profit groups, I found that writing gave me creative control, something new and interesting to work on outside my own world, ever-changing topics to explore, and a finished product to point to at the end of the day.

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