Hi HN, When I code I'm pretty accurate with my typing with hardly any typos and I can code at quite a speed, however when I type long form (even this post) every second word or so is mistyped. Does anyone have any tips on how to fix this?<p>People have said I might be dyslexic, even though I can read really well. I can't hand-write though, I have to write in upper case, otherwise it's illegible. I'm also left-handed.<p>I'm also on the autism spectrum, and thinking about getting properly tested for that to find out how bad.<p>I can talk for hours though, albeit slightly rambling, so the creativity is definitely there.<p>What I want to do is write more long form texts both fact and fiction, but I'm being put off knowing my typing accuracy is so bad. I see other people typing at speed with hardly any errors, and I get disheartened.<p>What have other people done, or suggest, to tackle this issue?
A few random thoughts:<p>+ Use a 'tape recorder' to capture your thoughts, have someone else transcribe it...or a machine...your future self might also be that other person.<p>+ You are the only person who judges you based on typing accuracy. Everybody else is focused on worrying about their analogous self judged flaws.<p>+ Practice writing using free writing. Both by hand and typed. Because writing is hard.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_writing" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_writing</a><p><a href="https://writingprocess.mit.edu/process/step-1-generate-ideas/instructions/freewriting" rel="nofollow">https://writingprocess.mit.edu/process/step-1-generate-ideas...</a><p>+ The writing in your question is perfectly fine. That's probably because it took you a long time. Time spent working on something written strongly correlates with the quality of the work.<p>+ Join a community of writers...or another one since part of what HN is, is a community of writers.<p>+ In the end, this is a bit of an XY problem. What you want is to write. The way to write is to write. Writing is always a struggle. Better typing comes with experience. Better writing doesn't come from better typing.<p>+ Your writing is fine and that's all anyone else will care about.<p>+ I feel I spent way to long writing this. That's ok. I have become used to the feeling.<p>----<p>Finally after all that on my end another suggestion:<p>Buy a mechanical typewriter. They are mostly distraction free (except for mechanical tinkering). One of the good parts for me is how a mechanical typewriter forces me to deal with typing errors...no matter what I do, they still live on the page in some form even with correction tape...so I over strike or strike out or ignore.<p>Why I suggest this for you is a mechanical typewriter will always produce imperfection...and that force hones judgment about what is and isn't important.