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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: Aminar on February 01, 2012, 06:11:04 PM

Title: Word Density.
Post by: Aminar on February 01, 2012, 06:11:04 PM

I found this great site.

http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/tools/word_counter.html

It counts out all the words in your document, giving you an idea how many times you have used a certain word.  This can be a good way to watch adverb usage.  To make sure I don't use the word Massive too much.  To see if your writing fits the correct proportions.(For instance my "and" usage is much lower than other novels I've checked out because I use more semicolons.)

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: Snowleopard on February 01, 2012, 09:51:43 PM

Er, how safe is it to post to or use this site, Aminar?
You are, after all, entrusting your work to a third party.
(By the by - I haven't heard anything bad or otherwise about this site - I'm just asking/saying.)

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: Aminar on February 02, 2012, 12:01:00 AM

They don't keep anything, it processes in just a couple of minutes and then you get the info and can copy it out.  I wouldn't worry overmuch, but you could always use an offline word scrambler first to reorder things.  I think Nanowrimo suggests a few.

It also works if you save the page as an html file and use it offline, so I would say safe.

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: Snowleopard on February 02, 2012, 03:20:45 AM

Okay.  That's good. 
Sorry but I tend to be a paranoid.
Congrats by the way.

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: Aminar on February 02, 2012, 07:18:08 AM

Quote from: Snowleopard on February 02, 2012, 03:20:45 AM

Okay.  That's good. 
Sorry but I tend to be a paranoid.
Congrats by the way.

I don't blame you. Writing takes a ton of time and effort.  Protecting that is terrifying.

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: meg_evonne on February 02, 2012, 04:16:48 PM

Quote from: Snowleopard on February 01, 2012, 09:51:43 PM

Er, how safe is it to post to or use this site, Aminar?
You are, after all, entrusting your work to a third party.
(By the by - I haven't heard anything bad or otherwise about this site - I'm just asking/saying.)

My thought.

Quote from: Aminar on February 02, 2012, 12:01:00 AM

It also works if you save the page as an html file and use it offline, so I would say safe.

This, I approve! Thank you for the link. I'll try it out later.

Maybe you should post this to the 'tools' or 'writers resource' thread. Not sure what it is called.

Thanks again.

Title: Re: Word Density.
Post by: Enjorous on February 02, 2012, 04:59:17 PM

This thread!
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,15083.0.html