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Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 19, 2009 at 12:13

Well, today I wrote 31% of my periods correctly (P-P) and 30% of my commas correctly (W-B). LOL Thought i was doing better than that till I counted at the end of the day!

Comment by Jill S. Driscoll on May 19, 2009 at 10:12

Okay. I will take note of my rhythm or lack thereof!

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 19, 2009 at 10:03

Jill, write with a rhythm. We tend to speed up the "easy" stuff, and break our rhythm, hence the stacking problems with -FPLT, -RBGS, -D, -G, -S, -Z. If we keep a good rhythm, we won't stack those. Sometimes you can CATCH yourself speeding up the stroke to go fast.

Comment by Jill S. Driscoll on May 19, 2009 at 9:23

Brenda, me too. I was thinking I could just add one letter to the left side to go with it...maybe it would get me to pick up my hand when I need to!

Comment by Brenda Rogers on May 19, 2009 at 9:10

I really don't have much of a problem with stacking (at most, one every few jobs) so I'm not going to try to change something so difficult as the period and comma strokes, but if I were to do that, one thing I'd miss is the way I incorporate my comma into strokes:
DRRBGS - Doctor,
ORBGS - oh,
BAEURBGS - by the way,
NOURBGS - now,
WERBGS - well,
etc.

Comment by Jill S. Driscoll on May 19, 2009 at 9:07

Mark, what are your suggestions for avoiding stacking final -G for the instances where you can't tuck it or use -DZ?

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 19, 2009 at 9:05

Cheryl, the way to work on briefs is to work on them specifically for 5 minutes every day before you job. Also 5 minutes speed building. The Magnum Steno Club is the place to do it, at www.magnumsteno.com. Tons of videos for speed building and briefs. :)

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 19, 2009 at 9:04

LeAnne, P-P and W-B. They are superior, avoiding stacking.

Comment by LeAnne Law on May 18, 2009 at 15:09

So, Mark, what are you going to teach at your school when it opens? P-P or FPLT?

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 18, 2009 at 14:46

Very interesting, Jill! Maybe in 25 years the majority of court reporters will write it P-P and W-B.

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