Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Quite true …

… Slow reading is more efficient than speed reading, by Sean D’Souza.

I have always been a slow reader. It is very useful if you review books. At least I seem to remember more — and I can hear the writing.

I am less sure about this: Slow writing: “It’s all right here, in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling. Scribbling and bibbling.”

I do most my writing in my head, then I sit at the computer and write down. Even when I write by hand — which I do when I'm away from the computer — I'm only writing down what I've already composed in my head.

2 comments:

  1. "Slow reading is more efficient than speed reading"
    unless you're Sarah Weinman:

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/01/how-to-read-462.html

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  2. Well, I know Sarah. She used to review for me. She's as sharp as they come, and if anybody could get away with speed-reading, it's Sarah

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