One of the things that I love about online communities is
that there’s the idea of sharing ideas.
I learn so much from so many people, and they’ve all helped me improve my
writing. I love hearing how other people
write, and I get many ideas from them.
Why am I telling you this?
Because I just learned of a feature in Microsoft Word that I’d
never heard about! It’s not one of the
normal options, so I don’t know that I ever would have found it otherwise. In one of the writing groups I’m in, someone
suggested using the ‘speak’ option to ‘listen’ to your writing. Just highlight a certain section, push play
and voila!
It’s not perfect by any means, but I was amazed by how
different it was to hear my writing. I
could hear words that were extraneous.
Words that never attracted my attention before suddenly felt out of
place in the entire sentence. Pieces of
polished work suddenly weren’t quite as polished as I thought.
I already love using it.
I’ve been going through several different passages to determine what
needs to be fixed.
Have any of you tried software like this before?
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