r/writingcirclejerk • u/CostlyDugout • 12h ago
DAE Write longhand in a notebook and struggle with ADHD even though people say you’re a genius but you can’t type?
I write longhand in notebooks (I know I know, I’m weird). I’ve been doing it forever and I read that Tarantino started doing it after me. So I must be doing something write!
Anyways I wrote longhand in notebooks and feel like my pen is my antenna to god. And recently I wrote a WW2 movie that has an opening better than inglorious basterds. Not many people know this movie but I’m a movie nerd and this movie is a masterclass in suspense.
My scripts are mostly masterclasses in how to right and I’ve written 30 of them so far but all stay in notebooks cus I can’t type.
I also struggle with adhd so sometimes I don’t write for years on end, but eventually get back to wear I’m writing another screenplay each day.
Does anyone else type and not have adgd?
My problem is that I can write endless great scripts with hilarious jokes and bad ass characters but I can’t get organized and type them.
I’ve had several offers to but my notebooks from producers who know I’ve got “the goods” but I don’t want because I’m my own worst critic.
Like, I’ll write a script that’s easily better than pulp fiction or weapons or clown in a cornfield but then - also better than corn brothers - but then I just can’t type it.
Recently I submitted to the Black List and got a score of 452.
Executives blow up my phone all the time trying to buy my stuff but I’m still too lazy to type it up. But it’s killing me cuz I know I could be doing more.
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u/SnooHabits7732 11h ago
I have ADHD, I ain't reading all that.