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Offline Aminar

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Word Density.
« 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.)

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Re: Word Density.
« Reply #1 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.)

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« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Word Density.
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 03:20:45 AM »
Okay.  That's good. 
Sorry but I tend to be a paranoid.
Congrats by the way.

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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 07:18:08 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.

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Re: Word Density.
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2012, 04:16:48 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.
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.
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Re: Word Density.
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2012, 04:59:17 PM »
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