I found another fascinating chart through one of my favorite blogs, <a href="http://writerswrite1.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/interesting-facts-about-reading/" target="_blank">Writers Write. </a> <a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/interesting-facts-about-reading_50290ee6a6406_w594.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3345" alt="interesting-facts-about-reading_50290ee6a6406_w594" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/interesting-facts-about-reading_50290ee6a6406_w594.jpg" width="500" height="1807" /></a>
<p style="text-align:left;" align="center">Looking at the chart, I was fascinated to see the advantages of speed reading.</p>

<ul>
	<li>Increased comprehension</li>
	<li>Less eye time on the page</li>
	<li>Less eye fatigability</li>
</ul>
I learned to speed read while I was working on my Masters’ degree. Had to. Those professors thought all I had going on in my life was their class reading assignments!

Reality was I worked full time as a teacher, part time with my antiques business, and full time as a corporate wife and mother to three teenagers! Fitting in time to read hundreds of pages was a very real challenge.

I am a firm believer in the rapid reading, especially in today’s world where we spend so much time reading—emails, web articles, texts, etc.

Two techniques I taught reading/study skills classes are skimming and skipping smaller words, i.e. prepositions and articles. Both skills got me through grad school and continue to be a help with all my reading whether professional or for pleasure.

It does cause a problem in my writing, though.

Because I don’t read prepositions and articles, I tend to leave them out when I write. Thank goodness for great critique partners and editors who put all those three and four letter words back in for me!

Interested in learning more about speed/rapid reading?

Mindtools.com offers great suggestions. <a href="http://www.mindtools.com/speedrd.html">http://www.mindtools.com/speedrd.html</a>

More techniques can be found here.  <a href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html">http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html</a>

There’s even an eight-minute free video on Youtube. Click<a href="http://youtu.be/RmQiOEC8UnM" target="_blank"> here</a> to watch.

<strong>YOUR TURN:</strong> Did the chart hold any surprising facts for you?