introducing a container for adhd writers by an adhd writer and editor…
the adhd writers’ accelerator
a group and 1:1 coaching program to take your manuscript to the next step
Are you a writer with ADHD, struggling to get focused, maybe wishing you could just sit and bang out a novel like a so-called “real” writer?
Are you full of ideas and energy to start writing a story but get disheartened or bored and quit writing to chase a new shiny story idea?
Are you a writer with ADHD who feels overwhelmed, disorganized, or unmotivated?
Have you read and tried “expert” writing advice only to end up growing in frustration, shame, and even fear as significant writing obstacles stack against minor successes?
Yeah, it can be tough writing with ADHD, especially when we try so hard, and none of the expert writing advice seems to help.
You want to know how to move from frustration with writing to focusing on your writing to finishing your book.
So, ADHD writers, let’s look at what you could achieve…
From Frustrated to Focused to Finished
If you choose to join the 9-week ADHD Writers Accelerator course and coaching, you will:
Build your writing toolbox, practice using the tools, and evaluate them for their effectiveness so that, soon enough, you can utilize those tools without even thinking about it.
Get unstuck and back on track with your writing project.
Never again languish for extended periods in indecision, feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or lacking productivity in your writing life.
Discard frustration, get focused, and finish that damn book.
Sure, those are big promises.
So, let’s take an overview of the course model and how we’re going to deliver:
It’s a 9-week goal-focused course
Beginning April 1st and ending May 31st, 2026
Eight weekly group meetings
Nine private sessions with Rachelle Ramirez, developmental editor and ADHD writing coach and Sue Campbell, mindset and marketing coach for writers
You’ll learn how to increase your writing productivity with strategies for:
Initiation
Momentum
Efficiency
Consistency
You’ll improve your ability to:
Focus
Prioritize
Organize
You will improve your:
Time management
Memory
Energy
Resilience
Confidence
You’ll learn how to reduce or eliminiate:
Procrastination
Perfectionism
Fear of rejection
Distractions
Negative self-talk
Disorganization
Overwhelm
Avoid burnout
You’ll learn how to:
Build a second brain. The human brain is a terrible place to store information. You need an assistant, if you will, and we’ll make creating that simple.
Differentiate between ADHD hyperfocus and creative flow, and when and how to use each to your advantage.
WE’LL DO ALL THAT WITH A NEW, STRENGTHS-BASED FRAMEWORK AND QUICK-START STRATEGIES FOR GAINING SUCCESS AS AN ADHD WRITER.
What Writers Are Saying
"The narrative we tell ourselves is a critical piece of the writing life puzzle. Prior to taking ADHD Writers Accelerator, I made decisions about my manuscript according to a pattern of behavior that held me back from making my best work. Sue and Rachelle helped me to identify these challenges and to begin anew. I am grateful to the Pages + Platforms team for providing such transformative instruction."
— Rachel Gabriel, M.F.A., novelist and creativity coach
"Each morning, I wake up with a sense of excitement to write. I am confident that I would not be in this position without the invaluable support of this program. It provided me with the necessary mindset and practical tools to rekindle my passion for writing."
—Julie Traina, writer
Customized for you
Customizing Quiz: We’ll send you a fun online quiz you can take that will help you determine which course topics you’ll want to focus on.
You’ll select a pilot project to complete during the course. Do you want to finish a draft of your novel, and complete your memoir? Launch or market your book?
We’ll create your custom ADHD Writer Action Plan so you can make your goal a reality.
We’ll share specific writing prompts that you can use to move YOUR story forward with actual scenes, not just create more words on the page.
Your only homework will be YOUR personal project plan.
You’ll receive training, tools, and resources you can use as needed without feeling overwhelmed.
The course includes a two-month Membership in our Happily Ever Author Club, our private online community that includes:
A Circle Community of other writers like yourself for support, available 24/7.
Two additional weekly group Zoom calls with developmental editors and book marketing experts.
Two additional monthly group coaching calls for the writing mindset.
Access to complete video recordings of sessions in the club for those who can’t attend live or want to review the content.
Weekly group writing sessions where you can write with Rachelle and other participants.
An extensive training library of writing, editing, and book marketing concepts, strategies, and tactics
Access the first nine modules of our comprehensive Story Path course.
The Investment:
$2499
ONE PAYMENT
$849
THREE PAYMENTS
EARLY BIRD Bonus!
We know the ADHD brain can get stuck in decision paralysis and that most of us aren’t familiar with investing in ourselves, so we’ve added a bonus to help you move into action.
Register by March 25 for an additional one-hour call with either Rachelle or Sue.
$519
FIVE PAYMENTS
Bonus!
You’ll have access to all the new ADHD Writer Course content for as long as Pages and Platforms is still helping writers. We’ll upload new content to your course dashboard as it becomes available.
So, let’s take a quick look at what we’ll cover week by week in the 9-week course.
Course Topic Overview in 9 Modules
Week One:
Course introduction, a new framework for gaining success, quick start strategies, selecting a pilot project for the course, designing your ADHD Writer Action Plan
Week Two:
ADHD productivity, procrastination, and prioritizing:
The myths of willpower, truths about gaining momentum, and the solutions for writing efficiency and consistency.
Week Three:
ADHD time management and goal-accomplishing strategies; the strengths-based approach to writing.
Week Four:
Reduce distractions and gain focus by engineering your environment, mindset, and writing life.
Week Five:
Improve your memory and get organized. Clear the clutter, learn to think outside your brain, and build a second brain.
Week Six:
Reduce overwhelm and avoid burnout. Increase energy and resilience with real self-care (no bubble baths, diets, or guilt)
Week Seven:
The difference between ADHD hyperfocus and creative flow: when and how to use each to your advantage in writing.
Week Eight:
End perfectionism, negative self-talk, and the fear of rejection.
Gain the confidence to share your work with readers, agents, and publishers.
Complete your ADHD Writer Action Plan.
Week Nine:
Attend your final consultation with Rachelle to help determine your next steps as you complete the course
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Week One: Course introduction and quick start strategies
You will:
Meet your cohort of fellow ADHD Writers
Join the Happily Ever Author Club, and gain access to the first 2 modules of the Story Path course.
Select a pilot project you want to use to test the strategies in this course. Example: Do you want to finish your first draft, start a new story, or complete draft number five?
Begin building a framework for creating solutions, including identifying your true writing challenges rather than focusing on compensating for a label of being disordered.
Start creating an action plan that will keep you focused and writing long after this course is finished.
Learn a simple, three-step process to evaluate, modify, and break free of “writing experts’” rules and never again get stuck trying to figure out what the heck you should do next.
We’ll also introduce those specific daily writing prompts.
And you’ll get an individual one-hour consultation call with Rachelle where she can help you solidify your choice of the writing project you will use to test your new knowledge throughout the course, and discuss any story structure concerns or mindset challenges that might be getting in your way.
Week Two: ADHD productivity, procrastination, and prioritizing
We’ll talk about the myths of procrastination and willpower for the ADHD writer and what’s actually true for us.
You’ll learn how to:
Write on a regular basis
Move routine writing decisions to autopilot
Use distractions to increase your writing productivity, efficiency, and consistency.
Gain momentum in your writing projects.
Prioritize writing actions
Honor your resistance to rules, structure, and the confines of schedules while building your routines and sense of control.
Immediately change your experience of procrastination with three different strategies.
PLUS we’ll cover 12 different strategies for initiating writing sessions and getting that butt in the chair. You can later shuffle these like a deck of cards and choose one to try when you get stuck.
And you’ll meet individually with Sue to discuss your current goals and any mindset challenges you may face in your daily writing.
Week Three: ADHD time management and meeting goals
You’ll learn how to:
Make time visual and get better at estimating time.
Determine which writing tasks to initiate first and when.
Gamify the actions you need to take to finish your book.
Accomplish well-intended writing goals instead of just setting them.
Implement strengths-based strategies that account, or even compensate, for the areas where you struggle in your writing life.
See larger gains in your writing practice.
You’ll meet individually with Rachelle to help solve any writing challenges you might face.
Week Four: Reduce distractions and gain focus
We’ll look at the process of managing your attention.
And what it means to identify and implement any accommodations you might need to make your writing life easier.
We’ll share some practical strategies to identify and clear the clutter from your life and make more room for writing, including some scripts for setting boundaries with others and saying “no” without guilt.
Here’s where you’ll get a number of tools for directly addressing your writing environment, mindset, and the situational accommodations you can use immediately to transform your writing life.
In week four, you’ll meet individually with Sue to discuss your current goals and any mindset challenges you may face in your daily writing.
Week Five: Improve your memory and get organized.
Since ADHD writers tend to get overwhelmed when organizing writing projects, we’re going to look at improving your memory (an internal process) and greatly expanding your memory and capacity for storing information (an external process). We’ll examine three different systems you can choose from as you learn how to:
keep your writing tasks and plans in the forefront of your mind.
clear your mind clutter so that you can use your brain to maximum efficiency.
think outside your brain by creating and organizing a digital brain for yourself.
In week five, you’ll meet individually with Rachelle.
Week Six: Reduce overwhelm and avoid burnout.
You’ll learn how to:
Increase the energy and resilience you need for writing, editing, and marketing your stories.
Deal with the high levels of emotions that writing with ADHD brings to your life, including how to reduce rejection sensitivity.
Implement real self-care that doesn’t include things like diet cleanses, bubble baths, to-do lists, or feeling guilty.
Write anyway, even when you feel like you’re drowning.
Manifest the Lucky Writer Syndrome, not just by thinking differently, but with specific actions and strategies you can implement.
In week six, you’ll meet individually with Sue to discuss your current goals and any mindset challenges you may face in your daily writing.
Week Seven: ADHD hyperfocus and creative flow
You’ll learn:
Why there is a time and a place for both hyperfocus and flow, the difference between the two, and their respective uses.
You’ll learn how to:
Fully engage in writing
Switch between hyperfocus and flow.
Get into the flow state of seemingly effortless writing and editing.
Use ADHD hyperfocus to your advantage while preventing the possible disadvantages.
And Shift your attention from one project to another, such as from story to story.
In week seven, you’ll meet individually with Rachelle.
Week Eight: Gain the confidence to share your work with readers, agents, and publishers.
You will:
Continue to build resilience
Drop perfectionism for good.
Gain strategies for reducing negative self-talk
Review what you’ve accomplished in the course
Complete your customized blueprint for your ongoing writing action plan so you can take those strategies to your next project, and your next, and your next.
Week Nine
Attend your final consultation with Rachelle to help determine your next steps as you complete the course
I highly recommend the ADHD Writers Accelerator program. Prior to enrolling in the program, I was experiencing mental struggles with my writing. I felt lost and lacked the motivation to return to my writing. I needed a catalyst. The course provides tools for both writing techniques and mindset techniques, giving you the necessary tools to rekindle your passion for writing.
One of the key takeaways from the program was learning to avoid self-blame for being stuck. I discovered practical tools that I could apply to both writing practice and daily life, enabling me to allocate time for writing and enhance my writing skills. The weekly meetings with the coaches were a valuable support system, helping me stay on track.
During the course, I began writing my current work in progress and completed it approximately one month after the program concluded. I dedicated several months over the summer to editing this book into two separate books. I conceived an idea for a thirteen-book series based on this book.
Since the completion of the program, I have written three first drafts. I have completed the editing of one of these drafts. I have also developed a brand new series and outlined all four books within that series.
I am now prepared to submit my books to an editor.
Each morning, I wake up with a sense of excitement to write. I am confident that I would not be in this position without the invaluable support of this program. It provided me with the necessary mindset and practical tools to rekindle my passion for writing.
— Julie Traina, writer
We are willing to bet this course differs from anything you’ve tried.
It’s built specifically for you, an ADHD writer.
You will finish this course with the tools you need to get yourself unstuck from any writing mindset or practice dilemma life throws at you and finish your work.
However, because you’ll have private group calls and one-on-one access to Rachelle and Sue, registration is limited to 28 participants.
Again, you can register for the course. Isn’t it time to make your writing process easier and more rewarding?