Member-only story
The “I Can’t Type” School of Book/Manuscript Production
How many of us can type like Isaac Asimov’s 125 wpm and turn out something that is free from typos? Now, there are tools for that.
Words swirl around in your head, and you know you have the right stuff to produce stories, articles, books, or anything else, but there’s one main stumbling block — your typing ability. You feel like all thumbs, or maybe your mind won’t synch with your fingers, and the result is frustration. Yes, you can produce, and you can do it faster than you ever dreamed. Let me ask one question.
How fast can you talk? Have you ever spoken to someone about one of your projects and found it came out fluently, and the pace was extraordinary? Most people can chat at about 150 wpm, which is an average, so you might even be able to produce words faster.
What if you could use that ability to speak that fast and translate it into that piece of writing that is eluding you now? It would be great, wouldn’t it, and you’d be much more productive. Your production would be limited by the number of things you wished to write about. You’d feel like you were in heaven each day you sat down to write.
For years, I’ve used a digital recorder to keep those elusive thoughts about writing something safe, but when Dragon Naturally Speaking came along, the book I wanted to write…
