cant’ sleep
basking in novel progress… haha
So I created a file with all my chapters in one file. I can’t believe it. 8 chapters! 45 single spaced pages. With it double spaced it ends up being 82. There are 18,252 words. I can’t believe I have had that much to say! HAHA Bet you guys did though! Here’s the stats: (In this file it is all double spaced…)
18,252 words.
82,493 characters (no spaces)
101,967 characters (with spaces)
1651 lines
82 pages at double spaced
(45 pages single)
347 paragraphs.
1576 sentences.
Averages:
4.8 Sentences per paragraph
11.5 words per sentance
4.3 charactrs per word.
Readability:
1% passive sentences (AUGHHHHH NOOOOOO)
74.7 Flesch Reading Ease
5.6 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
Fascinating. Is this good or bad for a rough draft that I’ve not edited? HEHE
Wow, now i’m tired… OK, off to bed!
Lady Ozma's Journey 
loadhan said:
I never understood what is truly wrong with passive sentences if they get the point across. I know I don’t fumble when I read them. Usually when a prof wants me to change it to non-passive, the sentence looks all funky cause it worked more naturally as passive. :p
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clueliss said:
it all depends
is this the entire story or are you partically through the draft?
some passivity is okay = you’ll probably find it in dialogue – where passsivity is okay because that is how people talk.
Low reading ease is good – becasue the average reading level your local paper is written at is I believe an eighth grade level.
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strokeyourbod said:
I wish I had the patience to write a novel…that’s awesome!
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tx_belle said:
so thats where you are
i was looking for you this morning and couldn’t find you
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withoutanet said:
i hear ya, it seems so productive and exciting. i feel proud, lol. go, ozzy! those stats seem great!
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Lady Ozma said:
HEHE
I don’t know how to explain my aversion to passive voice. It just doesn’t seem to flow as smooth a lot of times. At least for me. I figure for not even looking for passive voice, to only have 1% passive in that much writing is not too shabby. I’ll be trying to knock that 1% out on rewrite though! HEHE Though passive is used all the time in dialogue and I bet that’s where my passive content came from. 😉
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: it all depends
Nope, this is just the first 8 chapters. 🙂 Rough draft.
And I just told someone else that I bet the passive voice was in the dialogue! HAHA
As for the reading level, I just wonder what THIS scale is. What it means. And that Reading Ease? What’s that? *SHRUG* I like to kep my reading level lower though just so that people will be able to read. Not that I don’t mind in depth complicated stuff… but you want your book to appeal to as many people as possible! If they are struggling through your text then that’s going to cause problems!
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Lady Ozma said:
Awww..
It’s kind of fun when you get on a roll.
But bad things are happening like me not cleaning the house.. I have a mountain of laundry… etc etc. Thankfully there’s not a whole lot in my house so it isn’t really THAT bad… in theory.
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Lady Ozma said:
Thanks!!
I hope it is good! 🙂
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elle_cosette said:
I adore looking at my stats. Too bad it’s the only cool thing about my writing.
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
you are welcome. if i were to write, it’d either be drama-ish, and/or sci-fi ish, so i am so interested, and want to see what you’ve written, lol
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Lady Ozma said:
HAHA!
i’m sure there’s more to it than just the stats!! 🙂
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
Mine is sci fi ish… 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
i think i would write something complex about how people relate to each other. the complexity would be why i have no idea, at this point, what story i have to tell. another friend said to write what you know, but how cool is an autobiography of sorts? i dunno. there’s a story in me somewhere, but i have a feeling i would have to work forever or writing coherently. i’m all scattered jabber, lol
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elle_cosette said:
Re: HAHA!
there’s two ways to look at that. I have written a lot. It’s long. It’s exciting to see.
But – is a whole lot of bad stuff better than a little? As you can tell I am pretty insecure about its quality.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
HAHA.. mine definately deals with communication… *GRINS* how funny. And as far as autobiography, enough people are doing it today, so go for it. )
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HAHA!
ROFL… well just look at some of our “classics” when they were paid by the word. *SHUDDER* you HAVE to be better than that. 🙂
I’m pretty insecure about the quality of my book as well. But I’m still plugging away! I bet yours is great… keep up the good work.
I had another writing excercise today. I used one of my characters from my book. I don’t know if I will post in journal or not… we’ll see..
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
correction, i meant work forever at writing coherently. scheiss, i couldn’t even spit that out right, lol
i agree with the friend who would need the patience for writing
*is highly amused at communication theme*
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
ROFL… 🙂
I need to clean my house and start some laundry so I can write tonight and not feel guilty!
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
that’s what i’m doing right now, rofl, in small doses. cleaning, lol.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
me too. I just took out a bunch of trash. Whew… And I took care of shreadding my junk mail and hung up coats.
Now that I had a 10 minute break I’m going to cook dinner and while that sort laundry.
I did post something I wrote today. 🙂 It’s weird.
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
i need to take take the trash to the road, and fold laundry. i did just take a big load to the trashcan.
that is an odd exercise, but it was well thought out, deliberate. and interesting
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
HEHE… so much to do… don’t wanna do it!
It was an interesting excercise. I’m not sure I did it as I should… but oh well. It works! HAHA Or at least, it worked for what was in my head!
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
it definitely works for what you have in mind. i’d just as soon have the chores off of my mind, i can say that, lol
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
Well I got most of the chores done!! The floors are swept, just need to run the vaccuum. But baah. Given the weather I think I’m going to hold off till Friday. Unless there’s a showing. The dishes are done. We are eating. Trash is gone. So all that’s left is this little table next to me on the sofa, which is mostly done and laundry! 🙂 YAY!! Everything that is left, I will do in a couple of hours after kids are in bed and taken care of. 🙂 Shouldn’t take very long.
As for that little blurby… don’t know if it works for anything!! But I’m looking forward to writing in my novel.. woohoo
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elle_cosette said:
Re: HAHA!
please do…(post)
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: HAHA!
I did! Go ready ready… 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thanks!!
my housework is back down to zero, but at least i have run the fully loaded dishwasher, rofl.
you seriously have me thinking about what i could write about. i am teh kinda person who has to have a clear direction in mind to head off somewhere, but hey. good luck with your work, woman! *hugs*
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thanks!!
Good for you on housework and creativity!! 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
and finally the dishwasher is unloaded, even. when i said it was at zero, meant i had done nothing. but now, after one more laundry ‘reboot’ (as its called at flylady-rofl) i will situated enough for the evening. only now imma make a rootbeer float for dessert. yummmmm. lol
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
woohoo rootbear float.
I’ve got one last load of laundry still (was waiting till the last possible minute) and I’m going to go start it now.
I’m finishing packing my telescope. I’ve got snacks and stuff. I’ll start packing clothes as soon as I pull out the laundry from the dryer. WOOT.
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
dang! packing, wa-hoo! what in tarnation could you have left to pack, lol?
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
Clothing for my vacay… I’m going for 9 days to visit hubster and fam/friends! 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
at coming back, already *hug*
ah ah, jeez, im slow, sometimes, lol
well, this is gonna be fun!!!!! i know you have been wanting to spend time there
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
i’m excited! 🙂 But very tired… 🙂
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withoutanet said:
Re: Thank you, i mean it
i hope you had a safe trip!
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