When my daughter was 9 years old, she still couldn’t read. It was a mystery to me why all the hours I spent teaching her the letters and their sounds had never led to mastery of the written word. By this time, we knew that she had dyslexia, yet she could pen loving little notes to me that were quite understandable. The spelling was completely phonetic, but I could read them.
We were quite thrilled when a new reading teacher discovered that Shelly was adept at recognizing whole words. As her recognition of whole words grew, her ability to read progressed. To this day, she doesn’t find reading a pleasure, but she can now read.
What does this story have to do with writing?
If you are a dyslexic, you probably have good listening skills. You also may find it easier to communicate verbally and feel very uncomfortable trying to write. You still may find reading frustrating. As a result, you may thing that “I can’t write my own book.”
You can. You just need to approach writing from a dyslexic’s perspective. Stop looking at the “I can’ts.” Start asking yourself “How can I…”
Here are some tips that can help make it easier to “write.”
