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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

If you're an autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD academic (like me), you face challenges that others just don't understand. I've been there. Now I want to share what I've learned and create a space where you feel truly supported. Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.

Workshop announcement flyer with black text on a purple and blue background. The text reads: ATYPICAL academic writing
crash course. For neurodivergent PhD candidates & early career researchers. Stuck on an article or chapter? Tired of vague feedback or advice that doesn’t work for you? In this 90-minute workshop, you will: Identify what’s really blocking you from finishing the paper
Learn how to embrace your creative process and disregard harmful writing advice
Build a concrete action plan to finish your draft (and prevent burnout)
First workshop October 2025 – details to follow
Cost: €50
SECURE YOUR SPOT EARLY by sending an email to: daniel@flowstateediting.com

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

If rigid routine doesn’t work for you—or is simply impossible because you have kids to take care of, work two jobs, or struggle with chronic illness—then you aren’t failing. It just doesn’t work for you! And that’s okay!

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

my dogs or going for a run. The ideas cascade so quickly I can hardly collect them all, and I rush to a notebook or my phone to record notes. So, yes, walking my dogs counts as writing.

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

and remember that life is magic and maybe, without even trying, cracking the structure of your literature review. But, most importantly, performing this act of service to your writing without guilt. Personally, most of my writing (both academic and literary) happens in my head while I’m walking...

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

on the page, or it might look like organizing your references. Or reading a book for inspiration. Or compiling a list of target journals or publishers. Talking to a colleague after work. Getting to bed early so you can live to write another day. Going for a walk in the woods to clear your head...

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

can be relatively rote or mechanical (at least in the first draft). But I’m struck by how much more forgiving the tone is in Dear Writer. Maggie Smith’s advice is to “Commit to doing at least one thing in service of your writing every day.” For academics, this might look like placing words...

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

prescription to write every day at the same time in the same place, whether you’re inspired or not. Granted, this works for some people. And, indeed, I don’t recommend waiting for inspiration to strike. Inspiration often arrives once you get into the flow, and some aspects of academic writing...

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Flow State Editing @flowstateediting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I’m nearly always reading either a creative writing craft book or a guide to academic writing (or one of each). Currently, I’m alternating between a wildly popular book on ‘productivity’ for academic writers and the wonderful book Dear Writer by poet Maggie Smith. The former echoes the common...

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