I totally agree with everything Bill Taylor said in the video; reading your writing out loud has some major benefits. He mentioned the importance of making what you write memorable and attractive to the audience. He recommended that you try reading your writing in a funny voice. The writing will become memorable if it flows with that funny voice. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200917-the-surprising-power-of-reading-aloud
He mentions you can get to your point quicker by immediately drawing the reader in. He emphasizes that you need to get people to pay attention to what you have to say. If your writing flows with a funny voice, it will often draw readers in faster. Whenever I find something entertaining, I’m drawn in right away. We need to think about writing in the same way. He explains that great writing has the ability to attract people based on different moods.https://hellosummers.com/get-straight-to-the-point-writing/#:~:text=5%20Tips%20to%20Help%20You%20Get%20Straight%20to,…%205%205.%20Repeat%20at%20the%20wrap-up.%20
I can relate to Taylor’s ideas because I have tried to use the same strategy before in my writing. Whenever, I read out loud, I often find errors that I wouldn’t have found otherwise when reading to myself silently. To help make my writing more engaging to an audience, I will implement reading in funnier voices moving forward. I believe this strategy will help me add another element into my writing within the business world!https://www.bing.com/search?q=writing+to+engage+audience&cvid=e5d01115c6334e4f9f23435b38365afc&aqs=edge..69i57j0l8.7225j0j9&FORM=ANAB01&PC=DCTS
Taylor conveyed that you need to write and say things that are worth paying attention to. If you don’t get to the main idea right away, the audience won’t feel that your writing is worthwhile to listen to. Sometimes I try to build up to the point, however, I should instead imply exactly what I’m writing about right from the start. Taylor has many points worth agreeing to: Reading out loud to revise your writing and catch errors, reading with another voice to see if your writing is something the audience wants to listen to, and writing something that is worth reading from the start. I look to use these strategies to improve my writing in the future!
I agree with you that it is important for writers to read their writing out loud. Similar to you, whenever I read out loud, I always find so many errors. What I started doing recently instead of reading it out loud is using the Microsoft read aloud function. I like that better than reading it out loud since Microsoft will only read whatever is on the page and won’t make up any words. What other techniques do you think are just as effective as reading your work out loud.?
I also relate to reading aloud when writing English, as it is not my first language. Whenever I write something, everything jumps around in my head, but eventually, everything gets translated into English, in the process, I make a few mistakes. Using a funny voice creates a memory that reminds me of that particular sentence and is particularly useful when memorizing a speech.
The importance of reading aloud, is something that has always been advised to me, but I rarely take the opportunity to do it. After this video, I may need to do so more often. Reading aloud helps you find your mistakes more often than just reading in your head. Have you used this practice in the past? If so, how has it helped you?