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Below is the first blog on the new Steno is Fun blog.
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Hello Steno dudes and dudettes
May 15th, 2006
This is the first post of the new “Steno is Fun” blog. I am Stephen Shastay. I teach stenography. My philosophy of writing involves three rules.  They are easy rules. If you follow them, you will write at the maximum of your abilities. Your test scores will improve. You will improve.
If you use my rules, you will know exactly what to do in each and every situation. Why?  Because there are only a few things that you really should be doing. In every bad situation, you will find that the root of the problem can be traced to one of three things. Every problem. Every single one.   
Here are the three rules.
1. Clarity. At all times, you must be able to read 99 out of 100 words that you stroke. Forget perfect notes. The standard is readable notes.
2. The hands must move at all times. Hesitation must be removed by adopting one of several solutions. Forget hand speed. Concentrate on removing the inactive periods between strokes.
3. Thou shalt not drop more than three words in a row. Forget the number of times that you drop. Concentrate solely on keeping the number of words in each drop to a minimum. This is a lot simpler to do than you think. I will give you step by step instructions on how to learn the method. You must do two things: 1) You must do a little bit of simple practice 2) You must do that practice my way. The drill won’t be hard, and the instructions will be clear. All you have to do is follow my directions.
I don’t believe in complicated techniques. The problems are always simple. The answers are always simple. 
We start tomorrow.