#I have been doing okay writing process wise maybe better than ok with new approaches etc.

[loptrcoptr]

ADHD side of the brain vs. functional side of the brain- writing stuff

regular brain: it took you long enough to draft that damn fight scene, ugh

adhd brain: I know, I know, it was hard to focus on that many people doing stuff at once :(

regular brain: are you going to write blacksmith stuff after that?

ADHD brain: yeah, I will

regular brain: and you’ll research that, right?

ADHD brain: probably

regular brain: probably? Didn’t you research it for the last chapter?

ADHD: oh, nope. Not a smidge :)

regular: what?? But you talked about it–!

adhd: well I just made it up

regular: but… but you spent hours researching sword parts and their names and the materials and all that bullshit!

adhd: yeah that was fun, I liked that :)

regular: so why not channel that for forging the sword instead of just putting it together?

adhd: hmm… idk, I just don’t give a fuck

regular: ??? Isn’t this kinda an important plot point??

adhd: yeah

regular: and you’re gonna maybe not even do the research for it??

adhd: I mean there’s other stuff I didn’t research that I don’t care about, like the boat. Didn’t look at any boat stuff for that.

regular: but… but you already DID sword stuff, this is just like… more of that! I don’t understand…

adhd: I dunno it’s just not as fun, smithing and metal and stuff. it seems kinda tedious

Regular: tedious?? My brother in Loki you spent a THOUSAND words talking about STINGRAYS for no reason and this is tedious??!

adhd: yeahhh stingrays :) loved the stingray stuff :) oh! That reminds me. Ever seen a Japanese dwarf flying squirrel?

regular: a what??

adhd: Japanese dwarf flying squirrel! It’s so cute, look, it’s like a bigger sugar glider or something and–

regular: what in the fresh hell does this have to do it anything?!?

adhd: oh, well when this gunshot goes off in the woods, I want animals to scatter, so I was looking up types of squirrels and—

regular: wait wait WAIT. You won’t look up how to make a sword or what the parts of a tall ship are— both MAJOR points in your dumbass story— but you will look into what kind of squirrels are found in the area for one. Single. sentence somewhere??!!

adhd: yeah :)

regular: I quit, get me out of this hell hole