I thought this was a cool site: Prosecraft. It analyzes books and creates all sorts of stats for them, like vividness, passive voice, and emotion. Reminds me a little of the music genome project from Pandora.
I stumbled on it the other day and saw Frost was added to it, and enjoyed reading all the different insights about the story and writing. It was also cool to compare it to other books or just look at the insights from other authors in general. 226,864 words, Steinbeck, good work.
From the Frost page, here’s a breakdown they do of most passive vs. most vivid page:
And then the word cloud, showing how often certain words are used. You can select specific parts in the story to examine.
Slightly more coffee than I expected. Much more like.
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I mentioned this on Instagram the other day, but the audiobook for Frost is juuuuuust about finished. It should be ready sometime in March, and I’m really excited for it. Addison Barnes, the narrator, has done a fantastic job and absolutely nailed the tone of Amy Frost. I’ll post here when it’s ready, obviously.