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Facts right there
Holy crap that’s relatable
Anyone else start reading big blocks of text from the middle and just assume they’ll pick up on the first half from context?
Every. God. Damn. Time… And then I realise that I understand nothing and I jump up about a third and read again and still understand nothing so I read from the beginning and then realise that the text is not interesting anymore so I skip reading any of it only to come back an hour later after frantically searching for other articles on the same topic only to realise that the answers were just right there all along if only i had read it properly the first time round.
If it’s too long I don’t even start reading, I back out immediately.
If I start reading and see it’s a bunch of back story with too much detail I might skip to the next block. If it isn’t to the point within the first five words of that block or the next I back out. I’ve got dopamine receptors to satisfy God dammit.
I’ve found that separating each few sentences (sometimes as little as one, since I have a tendency towards run-on sentences) or each topic into separate paragraphs works well.
This not only makes things easier to read and better looking, it also lets me play with emphasis by varying the length of paragraphs, like so:
Penis.
That last paragraph was very short. But I hear some don’t mind it like that.
If brevity is the soul of wit, does that make a micropenis the mark of a true raconteur? 🤔
But when the big block of text is well formatted and interesting enough to keep your attention all the way through ☺️
Even then, the last third, where things are wrapping up, really can feel like last level in a video game. You want to finish, but you’re pretty sure you get it already
Abstract, methods, results, discussion, then additional jumping around parts for clarity!
I’m currently struggling with my literary projects. I can whomp out a 50,000 word novel every November in NaNoWriMo, no sweat… but it’s been over a decade now and I really need to get to editing at some point. Shit.
You need an editor!
Well, the whole point of NaNoWriMo is to produce a viable first draft. Some of these are so far removed from final draft it’s not even funny. None of these drafts are good enough to be accepted by editors at publishing houses, sadly. …No matter if we’re operating in the ideal sphere of literary merit or the actual crass sphere of marketability publishers respect.
Ohhh I see! Fiverr editor? Use cgatGPT to suggest edits? I’ve had some success using chatGPT as an informal editor for a few chunks of text
Alternatively, the hyperfocus to read the huge block of text/book, finish it, and then wonder when the sun got to the other side of the sky and why your leg is cramping (you didnt eat) 🫠
Tldr?
distant screams in the background
Oh shit, rambling is an ADHD thing?
Not exclusively but they’re correlated to some degree. You’ll start on one topic which reminds you of another so you start talking about that one. That reminds you of another so you talk about the next. My roommate always says something when it happens, usually with me opening 14 youtube tabs and pausing videos to start another one.
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tl;dr wasn’t a request for help rather than a statement of declaration
Took 3 tries to read this top to bottom in one go tbh
