What’s difficult is figuring out which ones to keep. It’s not difficult to get words onto a page with dictation. It’s time to build another writing pathway. My brain seems to be holding up, but my wrists, sadly, are not. I survived those first fumbling attempts, and my typing-to- thinking pathway is now firmly established.įast forward several gazillion words and 11 books later. Could I learn to use talking as a vehicle for thinking ? I remember the awkwardness I felt when I was first learning how to type. ![]() I’ve learned to think and write through my fingers, first with a pen, then with a keyboard. I’ve come to the idea of dictation with a lot of skepticism. If you change your mind and give dictation a try, come back to this post to figure out what to do with that dictated first draft. I’ve been there, and on some days I am there. it’s not hard, and it doesn’t have to cost you a cent.it gets you away from your desk, and out for a walk if you have a dictation set-up to support that.it can separate writing from editing, which can do wonders for procrastination and writer’s block.you can get words down faster than with typing.In fact, Cindy Grigg ( The Productive Author’s Guide to Dictation ) and Monica Leonelle ( Dictate Your Book ) have written books on the subject so you can try it, too. Barbara Cartland and Voltaire did it, James Patterson and Dan Brown are doing it, and popular self-publishing author Joanna Penn is determined to try it. Originally published at The Book Designer.ĭictation has become a popular method for laying down a first draft.
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