Tips to increase reading speed

[Slow Reader No.11308870]

I really want to enjoy reading, but I always get caught up in how slow I am at it.I take a good 30 minutes to read like 10 pages. Do any of you nerds have any tips on how to read faster? All other tips I've seen online have been hella retarded, I'm not going to write in my books or skip words. So is there some other way to speed myself up?

[Anonymous No.11308898]

>>11308870
Just read dude.. read, and the speed will increase in time.

[Anonymous No.11308905]

>>11308870
I'm in the same position, anon-kun. All the advice on speed-reading I've ever found is vague and at best relies on tricks to filter out some unnecessary info in every, but then you'll miss a lot of the substance behind a book.

Used to read much faster as a kid, it's all about doing it enough that your mind will pick up the skill again, nothing more to it than getting through the pain.

[Anonymous No.11308914]

Exact same reading speed here. Reading more does seem to help a bit. I too wish I were 60 pgs an hour master race; realized that I can probably get a leg-up on grad school applications if I constantly read this summer, but most/all of my competition can do the same thing in 1/3 the time.

[Slow Reader No.11308939]

something else about how i read: my mind automatically tries to make everything I read sound like someone actually talking/an audiobook. I guess I'm just naturally more of an auditory learner, and this is my brain's way of compensating for the lack of audio. This, I think, makes my reading incredibly slower, however. Anyone have any idea on how I can stop doing that while still getting the same level of comprehension?

[Anonymous No.11308942]

increase your brain protons

[Slow Reader No.11308955]

>>11308942
is that like downloading ram?

[Anonymous No.11309052]

>>11308870
Use something to guide your eyes as your read to minimize saccades. Like an index card or something.

[Anonymous No.11309130]

It's not a race, anon. You wouldn't watch movies or listen to music at 2x speed, would you? It's ok to read at your pace, art is meant to be appreciated

[Anonymous No.11309332]

>>11308870
I think you don't need any special tricks at this point. Just read a lot more. For short texts (3-4) pages push yourself to read as fast as you can while still grasping the concepts and then write a quick summary of what you read. This helps because you give yourself a primer for retaining information by knowing you have to sum it up afterwards. It's going to be frustrating, but just keep reading anon, you will improve.

[Anonymous No.11309338]

>>11308905
>at best relies on tricks to filter out some unnecessary info
Exactly this. If the text has no dross then you are back to reading word to word.

[Anonymous No.11309351]

>>11308870
Pretty much every book or essay about reading well stresses the importance of reading slow. Just read what William Gass said about speed reading. He had nothing but contempt for speed readers.

[Anonymous No.11309365]

Somewhat paradoxically, the less you concern yourself with the rate at which you read the faster you will begin to read.

[Anonymous No.11309404]

>>11309365
>Somewhat paradoxically
How is it a paradox to think that one may read faster if they are not distracted by unfounded worry?