Remember to take only enough notes that you can reconstruct the story from your notes. Details are unnecessary as they can be drawn from your diagram. You may make your notes simple or more complex as you find it useful for you to recall what you have read. Keep in mind that you write concrete recall first, followed by more vague memories jarred into recall by your diagram.

Recalling dreams in this manner will improve dream recall and reading comprehension. The comparison between dreams and reading is remarkable.

Learning to recall dreams will dramatically improve reading recall and overall reading comprehension. As a rather exciting side benefit to improved reading comprehension, effective dream recall will likely improve your ability to induce lucid dreaming.

For more information on lucid dreaming induction (which will dramatically improve reading comprehension, too), refer to books by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. of Stanford University. Dr. LaBerge’s book, “Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming” (Ballantine Books) offers many exercises and methods for inducing lucid dreaming, all of which improve reading comprehension and recall.

Taken From: A Course in Light Speed Reading
A Return to Natural Intuitive Reading