author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

If there's one effect switching to Dvorak has had more than any other (besides slowing my typing down from 90 wpm to about 20, and besides tempting me to choose my words based on how easy they are to type), it's that of making me aware of what letter combinations are particular repeat offenders in my writing.

I've noticed, for example, that I use the word "again" a lot. Without, I might add, improving my "again"-typing skills by any significant amount. Also, I'm seeing a bunch of words that start with "us"--"usually", "usefully", "used". And far, far too many adjectives!

What this seems to do to my writing is, I'll get to a word like "useful" and, recognizing the feel of typing it, I'll attempt to think of another word in order not to be repetitive, when in fact it's not that word I've been overusing so much as it's been bits of that word.

What overall effect this will have on my rough draft has yet to be seen.

Anyway... more tomorrow.