I like the
technique of reading aloud for the fact that it forces me to slow down the pace
at which I read the story, but I don’t think it is a technique I could use often because I would feel
uncomfortable reading stories aloud in public. I don’t think I read anything that I would
have missed otherwise either, but I did slow down enough to thoroughly enjoy
the story rather than hurrying through it. I may use this one if I am reading
from home.
The
interesting thing about the copy and delete method is that it forces me to note
details throughout the story. Unfortunately, this method takes me a much longer
time to complete because I get bogged down trying to write down just one note
after each paragraph. If I write more I end up with too many notes, and If I
try to limit myself I spend too long trying to determine which note would serve
me best. If I only wrote notes after some paragraphs this one might be
feasible. Otherwise, this method is too time-consuming to be very effective for
me.
As to the
final method, one thing I like is that the time limit encourages me to go back
and explore new aspects of the story on different readings of the story.
Another aspect of this method that I really appreciate is that it is inherent
to the nature of the method that I will know how long it will take me to get a
good set of notes on the section I am reading which allows me to break up the
work if necessary.
For me, I
think the third focus technique with the timer is going to be the most useful
one. It allows me to schedule the amount of time this portion of my work will
take me but still pay ample attention to the piece and take good notes as well.
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