Slow day at the office.
I did this instead.
http://www.wordle.net
I pasted my ENTIRE 306 page manuscript into there and it comes up with a wordcloud, with the largest words being the most used. It's a really handy tool, actually, and the list of most used words goes like this;
1. Shadus (UH OH. MAIN LOVE INTEREST UH OH.)
2. Miranda (She's one of the top five main characters, so this is expected)
3. Eyes (hurr durr)
4. Back (what the fuck?)
5. One (uh...sure.)
6. Lara (yup. Main character.)
7. Like (and I'm not even from California)
8. Head (???)
9. Face (I'm concerned because body parts seem to be a trend.)
10. Away (??? I don't recall writing it that much?)
11. Know (I recall writing this MORE.)
12. Time (Ditto above.)
13. See (Verbs are really common on this list. Bad or good? No idea.)
14. Around (An Approximate word. Ugh lots of these fags)
15. Away (APPROX. WORD)
16. Joseph (Yeah! Mexican badass.)
17. Geoff (No! Evil guy!)
18. Look (...kid's book much? I coulda used 'gaze', but nooooo)
19. Moment (MAKES SENSE.)
20. Anything/Something (TIED FOR 20th place the irony does not escape me.)
21. People (Duh.)
22. GCIP (Mofos.)
23. School (Ugh.)
24. Cure (Disease isn't even on this list. Suspicious.)
25. Makes (VERB.)
26. Stands (VERB.)
27. Kill (I'M STARTING TO GET WORRIED ABOUT THESE VERBS.)
28. Light (Yeahhh a noun!)
29. Even (APPROX WORD. FUCK.)
30. Go (VERB.)
31. Get (VER-UGH.)
32. Voice (Noun yay!)
33. Cassie (lololol the Main Character is down here because it's first person POV.)
34. Good (I don't know whether to cry or commit seppuku.)
35. Basement (THIS ONE WAS A SURPRISE.)
36. Gutters (duh.)
37. Quiet (Not silence? Weird.)
38. Life (i herd u liek mudkipz.)
39. Feel (VERB.)
40. Every (APPROX WORD jesus christ.)
41. Quickly (ADVERB. I am so dead by the syntax nazis)
42. Never (APPROX WORD I wish I never used dem.)
43. Right (WRONG.)
44. Now (APPROX WORD)
45. Still (APPROX WORD)
46. Just (APPROX WORD WHERE IS A NORTH KOREAN BOMB WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE SWALLOWING ONE?)
47. Mr. (Yeah, Geoff rigged this one.)
48. White (Where's black. I r disappoint son.)
49. Blood (HURRRRRDURRRRRR)
50. Smiles (gay.)
So, this was informative. I'm going to slash and burn as much as possible. The main theme of the most used 50 words was verbs and generally unneeded approx words. Body parts were also very common even though I don't remember writing about them so much. I also thought Kill would be higher up (and Cassie). And I expected more colors.I was disappointed in myself that Shadus was #1. Oh well.
YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY - *brick'd*
Why would "Cassie" be higher up when it's written in first person (and this is not Japanese, which by the way, is killing me because I forgot to keep up with my kanji and now everything is OVERWHELMING)
ReplyDeleteI love this tool. Another to add to my edit tool list. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteI think eyes was in my top five too...
ReplyDelete@Kate - I dunno. I just expected her name to be...higher? Because everyone YELLED. (I am sorry, Japanese is is is is is.
ReplyDeleteMasugu ikimasu)
@LM Preson - Yay! Glad I could bring it to your attention.
@Eliza Faith - Yes! You were the one who originally introduced this site to me, would you mind if I linked back to you?(Hey, at least it was 'eyes' and not something awkward like 'nose'. XD)
You're very funny. I like the way you write. I'm so glad you follow my blog so I could follow you back. :-) What genre do you write?
ReplyDeleteYour blogger profile made me laugh. Coffee almost came out of my nose. You've made my Monday. I love this blog. I love you.
ReplyDelete@Brigid - Aw, thanks! I write mostly YA/Thriller/Urban Fantasy. (Take your pick, hahah. I don't entirly know what to call it.)
ReplyDelete@Cheyanne - THANK YOU YOU'RE TOO KIND.
(Have a spectacular ENTIRE WEEK.)
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ReplyDeleteI put your blog feed in Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2868549/blah
ReplyDeleteI hope it's enlightening. :U
I entered my WIP, and most of them were expected, but I facepalmed when "like" popped up in big letter. Luckily, I know it's only because I abuse similies and not, like, as slang. :P
Hahah! Very enlightening, thanks! I clicked it expecting to see FUCK in big letters. D:
ReplyDeleteYes! 'Like' is mostly due to metaphors and similies, hopefully. HOPEFULLY.