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What sort of WPM are people typing? I spent a lot of time online when I was younger and a bunch of that was spent on training my typing speed. I find that it's now roughly at a point where it can keep up with my train of thought, and I find it makes it easier to get ideas out "onto the page" as it were.

I'm assuming most people write books on PC rather than on pen and paper, right? Are people actively working on their typing skills in order to improve their writing?
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I haven't worked on type training since I was in high school. That said, occasionally I've come across typing games that I find thoroughly entertaining and end up playing for a bit but it's more of a happy accident than anything else. I feel like, if you're having trouble keeping up with your train of thought as you type, then perhaps type training might be something worth looking into, but if you don't think that your typing is too slow, it's not really worth spending time on?

I don't know if it's really possible to type faster than your thoughts, anyway. At the end of the day, the best thing to do is type at a speed that is comfortable for both your wrists and your mind. It's unfortunate that we can find ourselves developing wrist problems as a result of typing, but I think that's definitely something that we should all be aware of.

I actually am not aware of what my WPM is, though now that you've brought it up I may go and test it, lol.
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I need to work on this. Even when I've had a good idea of exactly what I want to say, my word counts during sprints is always lower than I'd like. I also have a big problem with editing as I go, especially with punctuation!
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I used to be able to touch type, but now with my iPad, it’s two finger typing.
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victorycoffee wrote: 05 Jan 2018, 18:53 I'm assuming most people write books on PC rather than on pen and paper, right? Are people actively working on their typing skills in order to improve their writing?
I thiink the more you type, the better you get, so no, it's not been an active effort for me. My greatest improvement was in college where for six years as a student had to type my own academic research papers, and then in college again as a professor where I wrote papers for publication. My skills skyrocketed.
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lbhatters wrote: 08 Apr 2018, 21:37
victorycoffee wrote: 05 Jan 2018, 18:53 I'm assuming most people write books on PC rather than on pen and paper, right? Are people actively working on their typing skills in order to improve their writing?
I thiink the more you type, the better you get, so no, it's not been an active effort for me. My greatest improvement was in college where for six years as a student had to type my own academic research papers, and then in college again as a professor where I wrote papers for publication. My skills skyrocketed.
Do you use 2 fingers or all of them or something in between? I used all but my pinkies for years, and I've heard that it doesn't matter too much how many fingers you use, although once you get up to the high end court stenographer level that's where it makes a subtle difference. At the end of the day, practice makes perfect!
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victorycoffee wrote: 02 May 2018, 16:37
lbhatters wrote: 08 Apr 2018, 21:37
victorycoffee wrote: 05 Jan 2018, 18:53 I'm assuming most people write books on PC rather than on pen and paper, right? Are people actively working on their typing skills in order to improve their writing?
I thiink the more you type, the better you get, so no, it's not been an active effort for me. My greatest improvement was in college where for six years as a student had to type my own academic research papers, and then in college again as a professor where I wrote papers for publication. My skills skyrocketed.
Do you use 2 fingers or all of them or something in between? I used all but my pinkies for years, and I've heard that it doesn't matter too much how many fingers you use, although once you get up to the high end court stenographer level that's where it makes a subtle difference. At the end of the day, practice makes perfect!
I had a course in 8th grade over the summer using all fingers. Actually, I still have to keep looking down when typing I was never able to completely memorize. But I think the course really did help in the end. It's still better than using the finger by finger method.
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I constantly work on my typing skills. Even being on these forums help my typing since I use a computer for them. I learned how to type properly through the Mavis Beacon software during my elementary school days. My speed has increased with the years and I'm pretty satisfied with where it is currently. It is definitely at a point where my typing can keep up with my train of thoughts.
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It is better if you can type at the speed you get ideas, which most cannot. I prefer typing because my handwriting is not quite good and I am bit lazy to write. Anyway how can anyone type at the speed of the mind?
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I used to train my typing speed. Now, I just don't bother. It doesn't affect me when I try to write my ideas. Not too slow and not too fast either.
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I need to work on my typing speed. Sometimes, I struggle with keeping up with the speed of my thoughts! I am not sure if I can achieve that speed.
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I literally use a keyboard 50 hours a week or more. I go through 2-3 different keyboards a year because I wear them out. I type pretty fast, but I haven't tested my speed in many years. Speed doesn't really matter to me; I just love typing on "keys". OMG; Am I old fashioned?
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I find myself first jotting notes on paper then on PC .
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I don't do typing training. I find that my wpm is about 50-60.
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I learned typing a long time ago. Though I'm not very fast in it, I still exercise some sort of mastery in it. Most times, I use my computer to type and access my pace. It's quite fun using the keyboard also.
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