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Binding:	Paperback
EAN:	9781888580341
Label:	White-Boucke Publishing
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Laurie Boucke has written a few dynamite books for court reporters, one of which is Brief Encounters. Are you hearing the same words over and over and writing them out and falling behind and your hands hurting as a result? Well, forgetaboutit! Check out Brief Encounters for a totally sensible one-stroker for tons and tons of often-used words.

Some examples that are worth the price of admission:

regurgitate = GURJ kidnap = KIP stretch of the imagination = STREJ

And on and on and on. I say get this book and her two other books, CATegorically Speaking and the newest one, Medical Briefs.

This book is great!! I am a court reporting student. I wish I had bought this book when I first started school. It would have saved me much time. There are several options for the words, and even if they are not your theory, it can give you an idea of how to brief the word according to your own theory. I use this book almost daily in practice, and my speed has increased 40 WPM in two months. I credit it all to being able to find a brief and save strokes. BUY IT!!!

If you are a court reporting student, you can benefit from this book. I found that this book contained a lot of briefs that was not incorporated in my theory book. This book will help you gain the speed to pass speed test.

This is a great book for students to increase speed by using briefs and brief phrases, I love it!

I purchased this book while I was still learning theory. I cannot emphasize enough what an incredible resource this has been to my studies! While other students were tediously writing out long words requiring 4 or 5 strokes, I simply looked up a one-stroke brief or phrase. The great thing about this book is that the briefs are logical and consistent. For example, the suffixes are typically the same from brief to brief. There was definitely a systematic method to the way these briefs were created -- they weren't just randomly picked out of the sky. In fact, I think there should be a court reporting theory based entirely on this book. All of the briefs are logical and make perfect sense. I also don't believe that this book is theory-specific. I learned StenEd and while there are some suggestions that are foreign to my theory, I've still been able to adapt to them and incorporate them easily into my writing. On the other hand, there are also suggestions that I do not feel comfortable with, simply because my theory is so ingrained. But the good thing about this book is that there is often more than one suggestion for writing a brief or phrase. It almost seems as though the author was aware that certain briefs might conflict with differing theories, so she provided other suggestions that would not conflict. Even so, I have to say that I have encountered very few conflicts between my theory and the briefs provided in this book. In fact, this book has become such a useful resource that I find myself referring to it almost every day. I'm so grateful to the author for compiling such an extensive reference guide. I'm constantly recommending it my court reporting colleagues, but some of them have yet to realize how much they will gain from this book. Please do not hesitate to make this purchase -- you will be just as grateful and pleased that you invested in this phenomenal book.

Excellent book! I have the previous edition, but glad to have an updated version. It's so helpful when looking for a brief.

My judge uses all kinds of crazy words, things that people don't usually hear in everyday courtroom proceedings...yet I have found most of them in this book! In my efforts to reduce my overall strokes and improve my realtime, this book has been my sidekick. Not a day goes by that I don't look for some help between its covers. It's awesome!

This book will become a staple in my realtime library, love it!

I bought this with hesitancy because of the price. I have to say I am very happy I bought it. It is much thicker than I imagined and has a ton of words and phrases in it that I struggled with. If you think you could use a little help, take the plunge. It's well worth it.

Why this book is not required reading just doesn't make sense. I do have to admit that my teacher did mention it, but still. With all the books that are mandatory to purchase for school, this should be one of them. Should have bought it a year ago when I had just finished Theory. Oh well. I have it now!! Whoohoo!! Loving the briefs. Buy a copy. You will NOT regret it.

Did he ever believe those > DEVRBLZ < ...and sooo many more!

i have the book for this but went ahead and ordered the CD also, it is so fast. The print in the book is so small hurts my eyes. I am a student and have to look up a lot of words so it is a huge time saver.

My court reporting teacher has this book and it is an awesome book! So I decided to purchase a copy for myself at home. They have great arbitraries for words and phrases. This book is like my courting reporting bible at the moment. A great way to build up your dictionary if you are on real time.

This book has helped me so much with my writing.
Great book.
The great price really helped a lot also.

After reading the various comments regarding this book, I was beyond excited when UPS delivered my book today. First, EVERY student should add this as one of their reference books as soon as possible. Second, being able to learn outlines that cause hesitation early on will make such a BIG difference. Third, eliminating multi-stroked outlines down to one or two strokes is invaluable. Talk about building your speed!!! I love, love, love this book. I've already eliminated several hesitation outlines that I've struggling with. Thank you so much!!!!

I would recommend this book for every student that is going to school to be a court reporter. This book is great for one stroke briefs which you will want to learn when you get into your speeds.

I'm currently in school (120's) AND LOVE THIS BOOK!!! The briefs in this book are so much easier to grasp then the briefs from theory book (the dictionary they sale at the school)

It's a must for the learning court reporter

Although I just started using it, I'm carrying it with me everywhere. The briefs are simple and easy to remember. Best investment I ever made.

Without a doubt, this is one of the best, most helpful court reporting texts you can buy. Well organized and substantive.

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