If I’m trying to spell a word out loud and it’s difficult for me, it appears in my head, but not necessarily as a whole, and I’ll be doing checking as I go.
This is interesting, I’d swear the words are appearing more clearly in my mind now that you’ve brought this up.
I’m pretty adept at straightforward language. I can usually find the words I want, and if I’m struggling to find a word, sometimes it’s a memory glitch, but it’s more likely to be pinning down a meaning.
Sometimes I can’t find a word, and I blame the language. There doesn’t seem to be an English word which includes planning as part of an action.
I do creative work with words on a small scale—coming up with button slogans, and sometimes I’m very fast. (Recent examples: “Life is an adventure—bring a webcam”, “God is watching. It’s a good thing He’s easily amused.”)
“Effortlessly” might be a better word than “automatically”, but it took me a couple of minutes to think of it.
Writers typically need to revise. You might be able to become more facile, but it’s also possible that you’re imagining that other writers have it easier than you do.
Also, you may be slowing yourself down more than necessary by trying to get it right at the beginning. Many people find they’re better off letting the very first draft just flow, and then do the editing.
I use a mixed strategy—I edit somewhat on the first pass, aiming for satisfactory, and then I go over it a time or two for improvements.
I suspect that really fast writers (at least of the kind I see online) are doing most of their writing by presenting things they’ve already thought out.
Yeah, it’s difficult to seperate out what’s related to abstract thought (as opposed to language), what’s typical a typical language difficulty, and what’s a quirk of my particular brain.
It is somewhat telling that your (and everyone elses) response doesn’t fit neatly into my ‘appears in your head or not’ dichotomy.
If I’m trying to spell a word out loud and it’s difficult for me, it appears in my head, but not necessarily as a whole, and I’ll be doing checking as I go.
This is interesting, I’d swear the words are appearing more clearly in my mind now that you’ve brought this up.
I’m pretty adept at straightforward language. I can usually find the words I want, and if I’m struggling to find a word, sometimes it’s a memory glitch, but it’s more likely to be pinning down a meaning.
Sometimes I can’t find a word, and I blame the language. There doesn’t seem to be an English word which includes planning as part of an action.
I do creative work with words on a small scale—coming up with button slogans, and sometimes I’m very fast. (Recent examples: “Life is an adventure—bring a webcam”, “God is watching. It’s a good thing He’s easily amused.”)
“Effortlessly” might be a better word than “automatically”, but it took me a couple of minutes to think of it.
Writers typically need to revise. You might be able to become more facile, but it’s also possible that you’re imagining that other writers have it easier than you do.
Also, you may be slowing yourself down more than necessary by trying to get it right at the beginning. Many people find they’re better off letting the very first draft just flow, and then do the editing.
I use a mixed strategy—I edit somewhat on the first pass, aiming for satisfactory, and then I go over it a time or two for improvements.
I suspect that really fast writers (at least of the kind I see online) are doing most of their writing by presenting things they’ve already thought out.
Yeah, it’s difficult to seperate out what’s related to abstract thought (as opposed to language), what’s typical a typical language difficulty, and what’s a quirk of my particular brain.
It is somewhat telling that your (and everyone elses) response doesn’t fit neatly into my ‘appears in your head or not’ dichotomy.