SJ Longthorne

This has been me... always. Welcome to the club.

Yeahhhh I would do it before when I was alone, but now I fully do it in public around other people without realising. A couple of times my housemate has been like "What? What are you on about?"

Well, it's actually a helpful psychological technique to aid in remembrance and processing. Thus why "rubber ducky programming" is so prominent; programmers talk through their process, and eventually, inevitably, figure out where they went wrong.

Exactly! I made a conscious decision when I started my novel to read it aloud (both as I was writing and while reviewing) in order to be sure of the voice and catch odd phrasing, and then I started doing it to aid with brainstorming (though prefer writing my thoughts) and now...

This but no housemates to actually talk to lol

I've begun narrating what I'm doing to myself in third person, it's bad

Does Sarah talk of herself in the 3rd person? :)

Writing centers at universities make this common practice and encourage students writing essays to do this. I always made my students read their work out loud to their peers during review sessions. I still do it for everything.

Yup!! I credit my old school's writing center for hugely improving my work. If I'm a good writer, it's absolutely because I talk through what I'm writing; it sounds better if I do that. Helps me avoid writing things that sound unpleasant to read.