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Originally Posted by E.M.DuBois
What’s really difficult about it is slowing myself down enough to reach each and every word without forming the images in my mind and going into reader-mode, especially with how many times I’ve gone over it. The change of font helps some, but I find if I stay at it too long in any one period my mind goes from editing to reading, and I have to go back a few pages and start over again. So to mitigate this, I go over a single paragraph, then look at something else for a minute, then go back. Any other suggestions?
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I normally read about one page a minute when reading for pleasure. It took me 10 minutes to get through your first page. So yes, editing will be slow.