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Corwin Hiebert's avatar

Oh man! I forgot about Type Attack!

Dean M. Watzman's avatar

The Wispr Flow point resonates — talking a draft out loud seems to catch bad logic faster than typing does, probably because you hear the gaps in real time instead of just seeing clean sentences that hide them. My friends and I actually have a rule: whoever brings up work first buys the next round. Good to know a two-hour conversation with zero business talk is still the gold standard, even in a newsletter about ideas.

David Moldawer's avatar

Yeah, I’ve been making my son read his college admission essay out loud on each draft. Much more effective.

Dean M. Watzman's avatar

Nice idea — filing that away for when we get there. Still elementary school here, so I've got a few years before I need it, but the "read it out loud" trick clearly works at any stage of writing.