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Thanks for the advice, Interbane. I'll give it a try.Interbane wrote:Practice your speed reading, but don't backtrack if you miss something or daydream or whatever. It's good exercise to have the words bypass the sloth of internal monologue and go straight to concept.
Well, you could try rushing it too and pretend that you paid attention. That's until someone starts to ask questions about it.gesler0811 wrote:If its required reading for a class or something like that, I grit my teeth and bare it, and try to pace myself, something like what you said. X number of pages per day.
Otherwise, I stop reading and that's the end of it. I actually just returned a book to the library that was boring me to tears and so I decided not to waste my time with it.
Years ago I would sometimes pick up an obscure writer's magazine the local Barnes and Noble stocked. This magazine reminded me of a newspaper tabloid it was so cheaply constructed, but it had one thing the expensive, glossy publications on writing didn't. It had guts to tell it how it is. One of the things I remember was reading about writer's not staying focused and screwing up like you mentioned. I no doubt have made the same mistake over the years of my writing, but I hope not often. I'm haunted by the magazine article so much so, that when I write, I'll go back over small details like, "If I take a left on that road would I be going north or south?" I'm not the most detailed writer. I'm part of that fast paced, annoying generation, of should have been a hippy know-it-all, groomed on movies and television beats. Basically, one of those writer's that tick people off who like details, but I at least try to get what details I put in accurate when telling my story, and I'm proud to say that readers have pointed that out. YUP!Bern Pearson wrote:The worst sin an author can commit is to get something so factually wrong that I throw the book away. One author had an interesting premise. But in the first three paragraphs the weapon went from a pistol to a revolver to an automatic. I was so stunned I reread the passage. I decided the author was an idiot and stopped there.