🎙️ INTERVIEW: Writing with Neurodiversity & Building An Audience w/ Ellie Middleton
** This is a LIVE interview with author Ellie Middleton about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
How can writers navigate and celebrate neurodivergence? How can we support neurodivergent writers in our lives?
Ellie was 24 when she learned she wasn't broken. Her late diagnosis of ADHD and autism was like a lightbulb being switched on, and she could finally start to heal from the trauma of being undiagnosed and misunderstood for so long.
Since getting her diagnosis, Ellie has made it her mission to change the way we think about autism, ADHD and neurodivergence. In her debut book UNMASKED, she shares what she has learned along her journey.
Join us for a conversation with Ellie as we discuss how she navigated her diagnoses, built an audience of 300,000, and written a nonfiction book about neurodivergence.
We'll also explore:
Tips for neurodivergent writers
Ellie’s writing process and how she wrote and edited her book
Considering neurdiveergent readers
Her process of building a community to 300,000
About Ellie Middleton
Ellie Middleton is an autistic and ADHD creator, speaker, writer, consultant and founder of the (un)masked community for neurodivergents. After a lifetime of feeling misunderstood, she was diagnosed with both Autism Spectrum Condition and ADHD at the age of 24. Since then, Ellie has gone on to build an audience of over 300,000 people online, create the (un)masked community for neurodivergents, and work with global brands like The Independent, Google & LinkedIn to change the narrative on neurodiversity. Ellie Middleton aims to shout about the positives that come with being neurodivergent, highlight the ways that society can better accommodate those of us with different brains, and help other undiagnosed neurodivergent people find the answers that they deserve.
Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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