Oh great one!
I have dyslexia, and want to start reading more, if only so I know how write a compelling story.
How does one overcome an ailment like this that makes the words not word and also do you have any recommendations on what to start reading.
Oh my dear, dear dear, dearest oneā¦ This I have much experience withā¦ ļæ¼
Dyslexia, like anything takes practice and patience to deal with. Thereās no one magic answerā¦ Believe me, I knowā¦
Each person has a different pathā¦ For you, it might be studying phonics or wrote, memorizing the shape of letters and words
Start out simple. Practice every day. Sometimes books with sequential pictures known colloquially I believe as ācomicsā can help put context behind words and sentences and ease ones brain into having fun while practicing going fasterā¦
Do you think that I would go through as many as I have if I was simply reading?
Listen to your books. Especially listen and read the book at the same timeā¦
That means that no book is unavailable to you and that you donāt have to feel that practice comes at the expense of a good story.
Let me just say thisā¦ In our time we have scribes to check spelling or means of artificially transcribing our voice. But I believe in your time you have things that will help you with spelling. Belief me spelling only gets better with practiceā¦.
As for wanting to be a writerā¦
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I will tell you an anecdotal story.
There once was a girl I believe from your time and your planet. When she was young, she could not read at all. She could not write at all. Her parents were told that she might never graduate school, that due to some of her other difficulties, she might not even be able to hold a job. Nevertheless, they never let her feel different or limited so she never acted different or limited.
She slowly learned to read and write with the assistance of her parents and some wonderful teachers. It took many years (I believe she only started to be even remotely proficient in her 14th year)ā¦
Would you like to know how I know about her?
She became a writer. A paid writer. She wrote about her story and people paid money to watch it on stage and screen. She was able to have a whole wonderful career as a writer. By 35 she had three movies coming out and clients who came to her to ask her to help them write!
Never give up. The world wants to hear your wisdom. The world wants to hear your voice.
