Writing and aspergers?

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I have a problem in that I love to write but I have only ever finished a full story when my special interest at the time was the main character. I have so many ideas for things to write but the don't get anywhere because I become bored very quickly- basically as soon as I've run out of things to research. I also have ADD. Can anyone explain how to not have my special interests take over my love of writing and to stop me from writing successfully.

I don't really have an answer to this, but I have an idea of what might possibly help.

Keep a master list of the ideas you have for stories on your computer AND possibly in a nice notebook that you can take with you everywhere.

Go ahead and begin your stories, and then do a revolving-door concept with the writing... write on one story until you get bored, then the next time you write, shift to a different story.

It may help with the boredom aspect. Also, it's good for people to, when they finish a story, step away from it for a couple of weeks, and then come back to it for a fresh perspective. If you have the revolving-door method, you are basically employing the idea of stepping away from a story and then returning to it later with fresh eyes.

quote"PixieXW" I have a problem in that I love to write but I have only ever finished a full story when my special interest at the time was the main character. I have so many ideas for things to write but the don't get anywhere because I become bored very quickly- basically as soon as I've run out of things to research. I also have ADD. Can anyone explain how to not have my special interests take over my love of writing and to stop me from writing successfully- (unquote)

i was once like this myself becoming a self-confessed author most of the time when it wasn't homework or chores to do. seeing as you have Add as well i expect it would be wise just to opt out for reflection once in a while and just saviour your time in a chillax time period not exactly like counting sheep but enjoying output v input so that you're old self can reappear just in time for the next chapter.
i wrote some stories about clouds and an imaginary land once and it became really good. Dont give up on yourself, and just try to refrain from turning the page over too often.

I have aspired to be a writer for many years but ended up doing large amounts of technical writing in my job instead. I realise now that I am uninterested in fictional writing. I couldn't be bothered with setting the scene and devising chit chat between the characters. I just go for the facts. My attempts at generating a storyline degenerate into a madness of lurid abstract spiritualism that quite frankly even scares me. There are usually dead bodies, blood or some other macabre element.

I have given it up and stick to the technical writing. I get great pleasure out of a well written and illustrated procedure. Oh the joy.

I had problems like that too - I would start to write one story, but then I would get bored, shove it aside, and start a new story. But then I came up with the current story I'm working on. Granted, sometimes I have trouble making myself write, but I know I'm not giving this one up - it's too good. Maybe you just need to find the right story.

take the doctors advice, if you're staring at a blank sheet or photo in front of you, you may just be thinking over something else either trivial or seemingly important. writing is not like any conquest more of a banquet and,certainly not for the faint-hearted nor the braveheart.
if you have ever aspired to be a writer of some kind or author, then the power is in your hands.
nothings worth telling unless something is good. it must be compelling, otherwise the plot becomes weakened, the characters look dim and everything around you are just lights. take a sitting room, if everything in it was white would it clear up your senses and tell you to invigorate yourself? no, because you must find that one out for yourself. you must be able to think outside the box with writing and be involved when you're meant to be. one must nurture an instinct,- not to be frowned upon,- and theres no missing some things out of a story because you might be scared of the ending in the view of someones eyes which comes back to the point about the white light, you see how when you think about it, you just grow dizzy? i left this area because my life is no longer evolved with writing, with having an asd, the problems you once thought you had you grow out of, because you realise its all mind games anyway and you should be able to focus on something of more interest. i haven't, partly because i couldn't and also i never wanted to.
If i wanted to imprint on someone my best interests and theirs would follow suit, not taking the stats for granted.

I never try to force myself to write on a certain story. I have a few hundred works in progress at any given time, with about four or five I'm actively working on, and I rotate them based on my inspiration. If I can't keep going on a story, I don't give up - I just set it aside to finish another time.

I have one story I half-finished, then left for five years, and then finally came back and finished. So setting it aside does not mean I'll never finish it.