Naturalnumbers t1_iu1ol0e wrote on October 27, 2022 at 10:02 PM

>your not supposed to have that voice in your head that repeats everything.

I've never heard of this. When I read there's basically an internal monologue thinking the words that are on the page. I've never heard that you're not supposed to have a train of thought when reading. I do, and my reading speed and comprehension are high. But I don't know what you're talking about that's "repeating" things, it's just one train of thought.

TheReignOfChaos t1_iu23287 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:53 PM

It's real and it's a real concept. You can knock through a book way faster if you silence the internal monologue and just read.

However the advice is for non-fiction, not fiction.

You're not reading fiction to plow through eight books because your essay is due. You're reading fiction for pleasure, so enjoy it.

deaddonkey t1_iu1zt2z wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Yeah who told OP this? I did a lit degree and this was never encouraged. If anything you can slow down and reread things to take it in more deeply. What’s the rush?

Psychological-Jump6 t1_iu2ehja wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:20 AM

I've heard the same thing about trying to loose the narrator in your head but it was in reference to becoming a faster reader. Honestly I think it was something in the brain game app "Elevate". Somehow they try to correlate more words per minute by ditching the voice in your head.

voornaam1 t1_iu58aw9 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:15 PM

I keep getting ads from this dude who has some kind of course to help people get rid of their inner voice, he is very annoying.