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I was just wondering if anyone, after starting to use photoreading, realized a profound change in their writing abilities. I'd like to know because this is the main reason I want to purchase the system. Thanks a bunch.

tall_sided

I love the system, and I think it works awesome.

But to be honest, if you're going to buy it to help your writing, I don't think it would be cost effective to get this system...improving your writing would probably be best achieved with books in this area.

If you wanna give it a shot, but only to help with your writing, I'd go with the photoreading book. Otherwise, look for books that assist solely in writing.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

Books on how to write better are total cr*p. They're the same as books on being a better swimmer or better martial artist. In the end you have to DO it and THAT'S how you get better. Book knowledge has it's place and is a necessary starting point but most of what you read will be contradictory- just like diet books.

I think that the PR book will help you alot in becoming a better writer for Oh, only about 1000 reasons starting with - it will free up alot of your time and enable you to actually read alot of things you didn't have time to read before. The 2 best things about the PR book aren't even in the course- Syntopic Reading and Direct Learning. The way I found out that most writing books are total garbage is I went out and read them all. Go and do it.

Syntopically read "how to" books and DIrect learn motivational inspirational books and other than that, just actually WRITE the rest of the day. I can't think of anything else to do to help writing.

Actually, I'm gonna go with Andy on crappy how-to's dealing with skills.

I had the same experience with how-to drawing books. I bought, like, five, and ultimately the only thing I really learned was to stop buying them and just draw a lot.

Reading a lot would improve your writing, and photoreading would help you read a lot, so yeah, I can see it working now.

I guess the reason I was negative on this question before is that on the infomercial, I distinctly remember this one letter where a high school girl photoread a bunch of books one night then wrote a paper that gave her teacher an orgasm because it was so different from her normal work. Then it was like, she absorbed all the writing skill from those books she read and it changed the way she wrote.

I just don't like that "overnight" impression. Reading a lot over time will help, but not overnight.

But I agree with Andy in that you'll be reading a lot and this would help your writing.

Writing a lot will improve your writing. Definately agree.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

isn't there a Zen saying that goes a little something along the lines of "when you don't want anything anymore.... you get it"

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Forget beautiful writing, just tell the truth.

that's some great posts! Thanks alot. I really like your last Zen remark...very cool Andy. And another reason why I like the idea of photoreading and applying it to my abilities is that I'm aware that I should read more and learn more. I guess I still don't know enough about the photoreading system because I'm still a little skeptic on it. Have both of you had very positive responses to the photoreading process? But, again, thanks for the wonderful posts. I'll try to stop trying to write "beautiful" and just write "truth"...as Andy030 so wisely suggested.

P.S.--no "how to" books on writing for me

Go ahead and Photoread (for all the time it takes) all the "how to" books you want if your purpose is to pick up writing exercises that you will actually do but I wouldn't put any stock in anything anyone says about writing because the field has changed alot in the past decade. One person writes one manuscript that's rejected once and for the rest of his life he writes for "Writing" magazine about the "horrible" industry writing has become and another person writes 20 manuscripts before finally getting one published and he says it's the best business in the world and you should go for it. THAT's what I'm talking about when I said they're cr*p. You can't tell who's for real and who is just a self-help novelist because he can't do anything else.