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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by otherside89girl » May 10th, 2010, 11:34 pm

Wow, that Wordle thing was fun! And it was quite pretty... until I unchecked "remove common words"! Now there's a huge "THE" splashed across the page, followed closely by "I". But I'm not gonna worry about those two too much...

When I uncheck that, my most common word by far is the name of my protagonist's crush... (she's a teenage girl so that seems appropriate). Other than that, while I'm writing I tend to notice a lot of smiles and laughs going on. I'm constantly trying to "show" a smile or a laugh without saying those words, but it's so hard!

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by BlancheKing » May 11th, 2010, 9:15 am

Ick... too many over used words
Aside from character names, the biggest words are "just", "one", "back", and "time".

Anyone willing to post an image of their wordle picture?

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by charlotte49ers » May 11th, 2010, 10:36 am

eyes

The dreaded eyes!!!!

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by HillaryJ » May 11th, 2010, 5:58 pm

charlotte49ers wrote:eyes

The dreaded eyes!!!!
What are the eyes doing?

I read a major pet peeve of an editor was eyes "doing" things. "His eyes flew to her face/Her eyes fell on him"...disgusting. The editor noted that it was the gaze that is active. Eyes rarely fall, nor do they fly, except in explicit horror.
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by charlotte49ers » May 11th, 2010, 8:47 pm

I'm sorry that my mistake is disgusting.

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by Kalthandrix » May 11th, 2010, 10:32 pm

I have not used Wordle because all my chapters are either in long-hand or in their own word document at this point, but I know that I use the word though way too much.
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by HillaryJ » May 11th, 2010, 11:08 pm

charlotte49ers wrote:I'm sorry that my mistake is disgusting.
I have the same habit, and now I notice it in everything I read. I never thought my sweet scenes of lovers seeing each other for the same time, or partners trying to give each other nonverbal cues could appall. I feel like, in some ways, I've lost my innocence.
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by addie » May 13th, 2010, 6:04 pm

Today: "smooth".

Usually: "I".
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by Nomad0404 » May 14th, 2010, 9:55 am

You can paste your whole manuscript into Wordle and it'll create a word cloud based on it.

It can also provide you with word frequency details etc.

Here's one I just created.
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by aspiring_x » May 14th, 2010, 11:02 am

Nomad0404 wrote:You can paste your whole manuscript into Wordle and it'll create a word cloud based on it.

It can also provide you with word frequency details etc.

Here's one I just created.
man, the words there really make me want to read this story, i mean spitfire, dragon, McKnight... sounds cool

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by Nomad0404 » May 14th, 2010, 11:16 am

Thank you that's really encouraging.

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by BlancheKing » May 15th, 2010, 12:09 am

Thank you nomad =) that's very helpful
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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by xouba » May 21st, 2010, 2:45 am

Playing devil's advocate here: how do you know Wordle doesn't keep what you pasted, and uses it for nefarious purposes?

(I've only had a slight look at Wordle, maybe there's a legal text that states what it will do with your text and dissipates these doubts)

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by Daryl_Blonder » May 25th, 2010, 11:39 pm

While I'm editing my piece (which is always a work in progress), I find myself seeing how many unnecessary words I can cut out. Like many writers I find myself overusing simple words like "that", "which", and "therefore".

For example, in the sentence I just wrote, the "which is always a work in progress" can be shortened to "always a work in progress" minus the "which is." Being concise always helps convey clarity.

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Re: Words I Can't Stop Using

Post by deepsesh » May 28th, 2010, 3:21 am

I thought i used the word 'realised' too much - but surprisingly couldn't find it on wordle.
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