Writing well requires mental discipline as well as the ability to let your mind roam free, to see things in a different way, and to phrase things so that it captures peoples' minds. We all know when we've heard an arresting phrase, which leaves our mind feeling its been grabbed and yanked out of its humdrum daily plodding. And that yank says to us, "Pay attention. This language, this subject matter, or whatever you think it is...well...it's interesting. Listen. Take it in. Learn something, and enjoy."
Certain phrases evoke envy. Hemingway's "stronger at the break." Faulkner's "the last ding-dong of doom." Angelou's "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Joni Mitchell's "They took paradise and put up a parking lot." All of these writers saw the world differently, which made their POVs unique.
Normally, ADHD allows me to see things more clearly and have a unique POV that gives my writing some juice others don't have. The downside is you are not as good a proof-reader, yet can be a very good editor. I'm a great writer, good editor, and adequate proofreader (when I want to really focus on proofreading, which I hate).
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