/lit/ - Literature

>>12969122
Literally anything written before ~1850.

Can only speak for myself, but 2 years ago could I barely read at 240 wpm. Today I can do ~470. Nothing impressive, but I'm happy with my progress and I subvocalize much less. My actual reading comprehension (as measured by those tests) has always been perfect so idk about that part.

Here's what I'd recommend from my (n=1) experience:

1. Don't 'try' to read faster - you'll just lose comprehension and waste time. The only 'trick' I found even slightly useful was to keep my eye's focused around the center of the text, and read the edges with my peripheral vision rather than actively moving left to right across the page.

2. Read more often - Set a goal (e.g. 45 minutes per day) and try and stick to it for a whole week, then gradually increase as you see fit.

3. Read more difficult works over time - Don't jump into something out of your depth, but find your comfort zone and gradually expand.

I also found it useful to pick a theme (e.g. "Start with the Greeks") rather than reading whatever took my fancy at the time, since it gave me some concrete goals outside of 'reading faster'.
For point 3, Plato was brilliant (pic related), since the early dialogues are comparatively short and simple; working through them gave me the grounding I needed - both intellectually and in terms of perseverance - for the more complex works.
I can't stress the part about PERSEVERANCE enough. I had to work at this consistently for several months before I noticed any effect.
As for results, the first thing I noticed was that it had been a while since I'd gotten pissed off at myself for subvocalizing. Upon reflection I realized that somewhere along the way I'd begun to enjoy reading much more; the whole thing wasn't such a struggle like it had been previously.

tl;dr: Git gud and PERSEVERE.

>>12757604
Can only speak for myself, but 2 years ago could I barely read at 240 wpm. Today I can do ~470. Nothing impressive, but I'm happy with my progress and I subvocalize much less.

Here's what I'd recommend from my (n=1) experience:

1. Don't 'try' to read faster - you'll just lose comprehension and waste time. The only 'trick' I found even slightly useful was to keep my eye's focused around the center of the text, and read the edges with my peripheral vision rather than going left to right.

2. Read more often - Set a goal (e.g. 45 minutes per day) and try and stick to it for a whole week, then gradually increase as you see fit.

3. Read more difficult works over time - Don't jump into something out of your depth, but find your comfort zone and gradually expand.

I also found it useful to pick a theme (e.g. "Start with the Greeks") rather than reading whatever took my fancy at the time, since it gave me some concrete goals outside of 'reading faster'.

For point 3, Plato was brilliant (pic related), since the early dialogues are comparatively short and simple; working through them gave me the grounding I needed - both intellectually and in terms of perseverance - for the more complex works.

tl;dr: Git gud and PERSEVERE.