Writing and editing
As Phoenix began to reach its final stages, I made a discovery that helped the editing process a great deal. It wasn’t something I would normally have thought of, but I found a way to approach text that I had been reading over and over with fresh attention. There’s a “speaking text” function for the visually impaired on my computer, and for the last edit, I had the machine read the text out loud to me while I bounced around the room. This helped me catch a great many small errors that I would otherwise have been oblivious to. If you look at the same piece of writing enough times, you become too familiar with it, and your eyes naturally skip over parts because you “know” what they say. By shifting from a visual to an auditory medium, one can revitalize the attention.
It is also cool to hear that weird answering-machine voice deliver lines like “put that boy under a little pressure, and he’s useless as balls on a dildo.”
It is also cool to hear that weird answering-machine voice deliver lines like “put that boy under a little pressure, and he’s useless as balls on a dildo.”