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[sinisterporpoise]

 I do not know that I have dyslexia. All this means is I have never been diagnosed with having the condition. Having spent a great deal of time writing, I also know how writing works. Free writing, which most of my Dreamwidth posts are, often has this types of errors. It’s simply getting thoughts onto paper. Sometimes the thoughts go directly to the keyboard.

I have no trouble reading. I do not have problems with forms, nor do I get frustrated with long forms. (Except for continuously reading ‘marauder’ as ‘murderer’ in Borderlands). I did not do poorly on most written tests in school unless you are talking about my math tests. Dyscalcula is a different related matter. I strongly suspect I suffer from dyscalcula, yet I am good at programming, which uses a very different form of abstract math.

Many people don’t realize how many writers actually do use screen readers to go over their rough drafts. It’s not a dyslexic trait. It’s simply because your brain knows what you meant to say, and your mind fills in the details. It’s a matter of the writer’s personal attachment to what they wrote. Many people do read their own works verbally or use text readers to read it back to them. Why do they do this? Because it engages different parts of the brain and exposes errors. Nor does this person have any idea how many drafts good writing is supposed to go through. This isn’t dyslexia; this is normal human behavior.

Why does my writing show such errors frequentl? After years of writing for content mills, I got used to a quantity over quality model. This also lead to a burnt out state where I simply do not care about my writing enough to edit it. I’ve been trying to break from the content mills and instead improve my writing. Improving it means going through many edits and improving copy editing skills.

Now, while none of this means I don’t have dyslexia, I simply just don’t show most of the symptoms. Just don’t give me algebra.