Repetitive Practice ?

[Deb]

This is writing the assignments over and over and over...

The Teacher's Manual suggests not to do this. ETA: There are several ealier and later versions of teachers manuals that suggest doing this. So it's up to you as a student. I was taught to do this in a class and so I've done it.

However, I'll leave it up to you.
Some find it helpful in writing lots of word lists.
Some find it helpful writing the practice several times.

How I learned to write word lists do this in an actual shorthand night class.
1-Write down the english transcription
2-write down a line or two of the shorthand outline
3-skip a line or two
4-when finished with the drill, go back to the beginning and using your own outlines, copy them on the blank lines (use the textbook if you need to verify what you wrote).

Here are some miscellaneous drills I did that will show you an example of this.

For lessons, see the link www.greggshorthand.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=yours&action=display&thread=18 on how I was taught to do them.

[Deb]

You don't have to write the long hand word. But if you are new and/or can't read your shorthand, it might be helpful.

I made some pages like this, with blank lines in between, so all I'd have to do is take the steno book with me and practice without the manual with me.

[Deb]

If you do leave room to write again, this can help you write faster. Your eyes don't have to move too far from the original outline to the blank line. Even with the lesson ideas (link in first post under scanned copy) will accomplish this.

[Deb]

If you find you make too many mistakes on an outline, you may want to put that at the end of the drill, preferabley on another page. You want your eyes to go to the well written outline. You may want to practice this particular outline more often (write and extra line and leave an extra blank line).

[Deb]

The Gregg Writer has this suggestion
books.google.com/books?id=RZcKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Effects of Repetition

It develops hand movement, manual dexterity, care in execution, and what is of very great importance, it makes you think faster. Your success in it inspires you to greater efforts. It prevents you from drawing the shorthand characters, from making useless "air strokes" and from unnecessary pauses at the end of each word or phrase. it developes confidence in your own ability. It stimulates your ambition.

[Deb]

From the Gregg Writer
books.google.com/books?id=RZcKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

ETA: I think this says "where friends flee when they see you" because back then you'd probably ask them to dictate to you...

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[mamarklesc]

I've been on this for several weeks, and learning to write these characters accurately has been a challenge. My normal handwriting is atrocious as it is, and the degree of accuracy required for Gregg is more accuracy than I've needed since....ever. I've never had to have this accurate. I reckon this will take me about 6 months at the rate I'm going.

[Deb]

Another idea is if your handwriting is bad and you don't want to write the longhand version, type up the long hand words and print up a piece of paper. Then write your Gregg shorthand on the paper.

Size isn't too important in beginning, but if you want to you can make it the size of a Gregg ruled steno book:
columns should be 2 3/4 inches
11/32 inch line spacing

[Deb]

As I noted above,

4-when finished with the drill, go back to the beginning and using your own outlines, copy them on the blank lines (use the textbook if you need to verify what you wrote).

Then

If you find you make too many mistakes on an outline, you may want to put that at the end of the drill, preferabley on another page.

The longhand version is so you can read that with your eyes and the shorthand version. Kind of help your mind see both at the same time. This way when you hear the word, you will automatically see the longhand version out of habit and then also see the shorthand version which your hand will write. Sounds tedious, but you know you can do this fast and quick, that's how you drive, play a musical instrument, play video games, play sports or anything else. You learned how to make these movements quickly with very quick and little thinking. Then your body moving in the direction it should go, most of the time in quick movements.