how exceptional spellers remember spellings? - Antano Harini

Antano was helping a man who consistently spelled words wrong. Not randomly. He spelled the same wrong spelling exactly the same way every time. He had a perfect memory for the wrong version. When Antano gave him the right spelling and asked how he would feel if that were correct, the man said: I would feel very sad. The spelling was connected to something deeper than letters. Exceptional spellers do not have better memories. They have a specific visual-kinesthetic strategy that locks the correct form in place. The man who spelled wrong perfectly had a strategy too. It was just producing the wrong output. When you understand how exceptional spelling happens, you can install the strategy directly.