A refresher course on voice
It was getting late – way past her bedtime. She was tired, I was ready to wind down. But my 10-year old still had the book report tying her to the still awake world. She at first tried to do the assignment herself. When she realized that the whole process of thinking and typing would cost her hours of sleep, she called for help. After checking where the bottleneck was in the book report writing, and with my daughter-praised speed for typing, I was recruited as typist. She brainstormed with herself as I did not see the half-movie. Yes, the movie file only being half was again another challenge. My fingers rattled the keyboard, trying to capture her thinking aloud after processing what she said, while facilitating her monologue to keep her focused. In the middle of all my multi-tasking, she kept stopping me and her brainstorming, actually choosing the words that I would type up. At least she was doing the thinking. It was taking longer than we both expect...