I completely related, agree and understand your response to writing 18 hours on RTC, yet needing to add to your dictionary, analyze your writing, etc. However, when I was in school, I learned what I believe to be a valuable lesson: just type. You know you dropped, you know you misstroked, you know it wasn't perfect - but it's okay. Just write. My $.02 of unasked for advice is write at least 30 minutes nonstop, then work your way up to an hour, then more a day. At the end of your writing time, then go back and do your analyzing, adding to your dictionary and so on. The purpose of the nonstop writing is to build your speed.
Just give a try for a week. See how your speed improves. I know it'll be an adjustment, but (at least in my experience) it's worth it.
Ahh, a true perfectionist! I think you're on the right track. It's unfortunate you have that expectation from Realtime Coach. It's always good to push a little, but I would think if it's overwhelming that it would cause brain freeze! Trust your process and your progress.
I had the same problem when working on steno, thinking too much how it would look instead of just writing something. I saw newby high school graduates fly through speed classes and my teacher said it's probably because they aren't thinking of anything but hearing what was said instead of debating which way to write it so it would appear perfect, which slowed down my progress. Keep going, Cindi, you can do this!
I completely related, agree and understand your response to writing 18 hours on RTC, yet needing to add to your dictionary, analyze your writing, etc. However, when I was in school, I learned what I believe to be a valuable lesson: just type. You know you dropped, you know you misstroked, you know it wasn't perfect - but it's okay. Just write. My $.02 of unasked for advice is write at least 30 minutes nonstop, then work your way up to an hour, then more a day. At the end of your writing time, then go back and do your analyzing, adding to your dictionary and so on. The purpose of the nonstop writing is to build your speed.
Just give a try for a week. See how your speed improves. I know it'll be an adjustment, but (at least in my experience) it's worth it.
Ahh, a true perfectionist! I think you're on the right track. It's unfortunate you have that expectation from Realtime Coach. It's always good to push a little, but I would think if it's overwhelming that it would cause brain freeze! Trust your process and your progress.
I had the same problem when working on steno, thinking too much how it would look instead of just writing something. I saw newby high school graduates fly through speed classes and my teacher said it's probably because they aren't thinking of anything but hearing what was said instead of debating which way to write it so it would appear perfect, which slowed down my progress. Keep going, Cindi, you can do this!