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Learning how to get out of my own way.

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Liam McEneaney
May 28, 2025
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Greetings all. I’m back in the mode of writing. I’ve outlined one screenplay, I’m rewriting the outline for another, and I’ve spent the past year researching one of those weird corners of showbiz that contains the kind of larger-than-life characters and stories that (eventually) make for excellent fiction.

As soon as I’m done with the two screenplays and pilot outline I’ve got on deck, and I’ve started on the other two projects I’ve gotten involved with, you’ll see that. Give me a couple years.

Oh, did I mention it turns out I’m literally the last member of Generation X to get diagnosed with ADHD? I’ve told a couple friends, and they both - their very first question - responded, “What did they prescribe?”

They did not give me a party drug, I’m sorry to say. In fact, I had to insist on not receiving a scrip for a party drug, which is probably very rare in that psychiatrist’s experience. As soon as I realized what she wanted to prescribe - not by my request, but genuinely pushing it on m…

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