“Am I even allowed to write about this?” Maybe it’s your diagnosis. Your health. Your family, your messiest years, or the moments you’ve never told anyone. Writing about your own life can be the most powerful thing you’ll ever put on the page, and the most terrifying.
For ADHD writers, there’s often an extra layer: years of being told you’re too scattered or too sensitive, and a quiet worry that telling the truth will prove everyone right.
In this panel discussion, Susanne, who coaches ADHD writers through memoir and creative nonfiction, is joined by book coach Sandra Postma and writer, editor and educator Suzanne Mozes to talk about writing your real story: what to share and what to keep, how to write about chronic illness, disability and a brain that works differently, how to stop shame from editing your story before you’ve even written it, and why a little vulnerability might be the antidote.
Bring the story you’ve been circling for years, or the chapter you can’t quite bring yourself to write.
What makes a personal story worth telling? And how do you tell it honestly, without losing yourself in the process?
Find out during this panel discussion!
