![]() ![]() The average person can easily type between 30 and 70 words per minute, and, as they say, practice makes perfect or as the famous nonfiction author and Princeton professor John McPhee said, “Writing teaches writing.” 2 For most of us in the medical field, typing is an activity as important as speaking and one of the most practical and useful skills to possess (I have come to the conclusion that I learned only 2 truly practical things while in elementary and high school: English and typing). Regardless of sex, if we type the way we talk, all of us do a lot of typing. Additionally, women are better communicators because they have a larger catalog of facial expressions and body movements. 1 This difference is even present in young girls, who tend to be more linguistically gifted than their male counterparts. Women speak an average of 7000 words per day, whereas men average only about 2000. Although most editors I know are men, women are much more facile with words, spoken and written. Editing is a mostly lonely activity, with many hours spent staring at the computer screen and keyboard. ![]()
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