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Bartman
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If a book is well written you can just read the first and last lines in any paragraph to know what is being said. This is not true of course if the item is full of technical information and generally only applies ot things like novels.
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I've found that I began speed-reading at an early age, without realising it. For me, the easiest way is to read the beginning and the end of each paragraph (as expatbrummy suggested), but also to read any dialogue. I dont do this consciously, its more that my mind now automatically skips bits, however I've never known a book that I've completely missed something in. Its very useful if you aren't wanting to focus a lot of attention on what you're reading.
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Use your hand or a notecard and use either to force yourself to keep moving down the page. Focus less on words and don't read them aloud in your head. Instead, focus on groups of words and keep forcing yourself to move. And practicing on books that don't have a lot of technical information is best early on since it takes time to develop these skills (and this is much harder to do with technical writing as expatbrummy pointed out.
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Pull the nouns out of the sentence first as you read. Learn to scan right over the descriptives and focus on the "things"
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Let your eyes jump from group to group of words. Do not hover over a group of words to long. Let your brain do the work. Also, do not say any words in your mind as you read.
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