Description
Overview
Do you have a graveyard full of unfinished drafts? Do you feel exhausted at the thought of picking a creative project and seeing it to completion – even one you’re kinda excited about? Do you struggle with task initiation? Blank page syndrome? Imposter syndrome?
If you experience any of these, you’re not broken. Neurodivergent brains are built differently, and when the conditions are right, they’re surprisingly well-suited to creative work.
The trouble is that schools, families, and the media all have strong opinions about what creativity should look like: a steady routine, inspiration on demand, and a steady output with no setbacks. These are unrealistic standards for anyone, not just ND brains.
How to Be More Creative as a Neurodivergent is a self-paced online course that explains why you keep hitting these obstacles, and gives you foundations for working with your brain instead of against it. While this is optimized for people who have a formal diagnosis, being neurodivergent isn’t necessary to enjoy or get value from this course.
Workshop Objectives
This course focuses on the practical aspects of creativity that you can apply to a project today. These short, multimodal lessons will teach you how to:
- Spot specific patterns behind task initiation and other executive function issues.
- Find motivation and learn what drains you so you can avoid it.
- Break down complex projects into simple, linear steps you can actually follow (and enjoy).
- Avoid burnout.
- Define creativity on your terms.
Who This Course Is For
- Neurodivergent creatives (self-identified, diagnosed, or just wondering) who start strong and struggle to finish
- Writers, designers, makers, and artists who feel blocked, scattered, or burned out
- Anyone who’s been told they “lack discipline” and suspects that’s not the whole story
Course Format
- Format: Self-paced online course
- Length: [number of lessons / total hours]
- Access: [lifetime / 12 months]
- Includes: [worksheets, assessment, community, etc.]
About Your Instructor
Richard Fleming is a certified creative innovation facilitator through FourSight®, with more than 18 years in the creative field – creating marketing, training, and entertainment content for 20 Fortune 100 companies that include Microsoft, Hershey, and Best Buy (where he produced a Super Bowl commercial). As a creative with autism and ADHD, Richard has personal experience with the struggle to find a repeatable process that keeps him inspired and on-task.
Curriculum
Ten short lessons that take you from “why do I keep getting stuck?” to a finished project, using the four stages of the creative process. You’ll pick one real project at the start and carry it through every lesson.
Module 1: Foundations
Learn why your brain hits the walls it does, and which stage of the creative process trips you up.
- Understand How Neurodivergence and Creativity Intersect
- Identify the 4 FourSight Stages of the Creative Process
Module 2: Clarify
Turn a vague, overwhelming idea into a clear challenge you can actually solve.
- Define core challenge so you don’t run out of steam halfway through a project.
- Create consistent structure that will set you up for success and avoid overwhelm.
Module 3: Ideate
Generate ideas on demand, without waiting for a spark or listening to your inner critic.
- How to find consistent sources of inspiration and avoid staleness.
- Use Divergent Thinking Tools to generate endless ideas.
Module 4: Develop
Refine your strongest idea and improve it without killing your enthusiasm.
- Use Convergent Thinking exercises to pick the best idea.
- Define success criteria and evalute your progress against it.
- Know what “done” looks like.
Module 5: Implement
Stop tweaking, start doing, and finish what you start.
- Powerful goal-setting and time management techniques.
- Manage and track a project through a 30-Day Sprint.
By the end, you’ll have a clear understanding of how you create, a repeatable process you can use on any project, and one real project launched.
This course is educational and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.
