How is it possible that some reviewers can read and fully digest a 784 page book, and post a thoughtful, well-considered 1,100-word review in a single day?
It’s really not as hard as you might think.
First, you start with speed reading. Speed reading is quite common, and with practice it’s possible to reach speeds of up to a page every 15 or 20 seconds, which means you could read the seventh book in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in about 5 hours or so.
And true speed readers are not just skimming and skipping. They’re actually absorbing and understanding all the content with full retention.
Then comes the tricky part.
To write the review, it’s entirely possible to blast through a 1,100 word review in a matter of hours. When you use something like the FAST System (as explained in “Writing Fast: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed”), you quickly understand that all you need is a systematic approach to the writing process — and with less practice than you might think, belting out a 1,100-word review in an hour or two becomes a piece of cake.
I think you’d need some practice to get up to reviewing and writing the article in a single day, but, really it’s just a matter of practice. And the fact is, the more you write FAST, the faster you’ll write.
Put in about a half hour of practice each day, and you’ll be speed reading and speed writing at this time next year.
I read Deathly Hallows in about 9 hours, with frequent breaks and pauses to try and allow my hubby (who read slower than I) to try and catch up. In the end he gave me permission to speed my way through and I’ll finally be able to talk to him about the book in a few hours.
There are times I regret my ability to read fast because when I read for pleasure it’s often over much faster than I would like.
Mama Kelly
my 13 yr old son read it in 3 hours….and yes, he comprehends what he reads. people don’t believe he can read that fast, but he does. i keep telling him that the ability to read so quickly will make college so much easier. i wish i could read as fast he does.