tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post1038278476399204338..comments2024-03-17T22:02:38.486-05:00Comments on Kathleen Taylor's Dakota Dreams: Crossing things off the listKathleen Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post-79994474601485901372011-06-28T15:00:21.554-05:002011-06-28T15:00:21.554-05:00In nursing school multiple choice tests, I always ...In nursing school multiple choice tests, I always had to read the questions out loud in my head. One word at a time. Otherwise, I often found myself answering the wrong question and not the one actually asked. Those pesky little "always," "never" and even the occasional "not" too often escaped my notice. I advised students to read their inane and often nonsensical essays out loud too, hoping that they would then realize how dumb they were. It is an excellent technique for realizing what you actually said. Thanks for the reminder. This a valuable tip that I had forgotten about.joannamauselinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704088243529623023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post-42083586364969345902011-06-28T11:46:06.531-05:002011-06-28T11:46:06.531-05:00Joanna, I'm a terrible terrible proofreader. I...Joanna, I'm a terrible terrible proofreader. I've found that reading the manuscript out loud helps me to really see what's on the page (or screen). The newest wrinkle is to send the file to my Kindle, and let it read the thing out loud to me. I catch a lot of errors that way.Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post-22102165961379675272011-06-28T11:37:51.240-05:002011-06-28T11:37:51.240-05:00Yikes! I'm exhausted just thinking about all ...Yikes! I'm exhausted just thinking about all that work. <br /><br />I am a little dyslexic, and so see what I expect to see. This makes for really awful proof reading. It helps a lot to put it into a different format (i.e., printed.) Then my mistake finding quotient rises quit a bit. I am a lot better at finding other people's mistakes than mine. Good luck with all that proof reading. Tedium personified!joannamauselinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704088243529623023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post-82898450326046525332011-06-28T11:02:34.490-05:002011-06-28T11:02:34.490-05:00In this case, it wasn't an evil computer probl...In this case, it wasn't an evil computer problem, but a stupid writer mistake, but yes... a hard copy is always A Good Idea. I also e-mail every day's files to myself, so I can access them in case the house gets hit by a meteor...Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661356795743869465.post-77558142152897194212011-06-28T10:43:45.841-05:002011-06-28T10:43:45.841-05:00So it's not crazy of me to print off current c...So it's not crazy of me to print off current copies of whatever I'm writing! :-) I told my husband/IT staff that computers are evil...Teishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655844015779830955noreply@blogger.com