Thursday, March 1, 2007

Read Aloud -- OMJ 1

The One-Minute Journalist-1 Read Aloud

Read Aloud!

Reading aloud helps you catch mistakes in the copy.

Press your ear gently with one finger and you'll notice that your voice is quite loud, yet doesn't disturb your neighbour. Parts of the brain relating to both the visual and auditory areas are involved when you read aloud. It'll help you iron out glitches in the tone. You'll know whether the sentence is simple or complicated. Does it sound the way you would talk to your friend (no, don't use slang in the copy)? Does it make you sleepy? Chances are it's doing the same to the reader.

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