Wordle - Using a certain word a little too much? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837 Aerowolf I learned about this website last year called "Wordle." What it does is take the most-written words in your novel and put it in a cloud-like structure. The more you use a certain word, the bigger it is in the cloud. So, I tried this out here: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4392507/NaNoStory Large character names and other important nouns aren't a problem and should be large, however there are other generic words you may not want to be big. For example, in my cloud I have "asked," "like," and "just," very large and should probably be a little more careful in the future of my story as to not use these words as much. I also found that I don't use the names "Race" and "Sky" that much, despite being in my story almost as much as Elliot, Quill, and Sun, so this is a good sign that they need a little more "screen time." I suggest you try this out, it's very helpful! The Website link: http://www.wordle.net/ Oh, and I've seen a Wordle thread around NaNoWriMo somewhere, but I lost track of it and searched all the pages on the Resources and Sites forum, but I apologize if this is the wrong spot/already done. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:09:52 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_630007 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_630007 Laughing Turtle This is really cool :D The word clusters are beautiful! Turns out the words I use the most are my main characters' names, Kalea and Anakomi, and some really common words like "know" and "now" and "much" and "one." Hooray? XD Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:03:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_686666 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_686666 H I am guilty of overusing "just". Also, "know", "like", "something", and "get". Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:41:17 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_808722 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_808722 TortugaRachel http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4464642/NaNoStory Thankfully, my most frequent words are my characters' names!! my other biggies are "back, child, face, found, hand, time, man, one, baby" Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:53:12 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817025 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817025 fantasychallange7 ..."Man" is the biggest word on mine. OTL Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:58:30 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_824100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_824100 Gazoinks Looked is a big one for me. Next time I'm writing a blind protagonist. There will be no looking! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:00:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_826735 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_826735 cindella204 This is great, my software Scrivener will tell me the top words, but a visual representation is even better. Sabrina is more used than Bria and Bria is way more important to the story...maybe I'm talking about Sabrina too much? The non-names are get, just, know, back, and going for the top five, so I guess I'm doing pretty well. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:52:10 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_841735 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_841735 Nimbus "Back" was the most common non-name word in everything of length I've written. "Around" was in close second. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:40:52 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_848805 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_848805 Sydnii Aside from my two main character's names (thank goodness), the biggest words on mine were just, know, going, and like. This is a really cool site. :D Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:43:51 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_871385 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_871385 throughasplendour Just like back. This is really cool :) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:50:17 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_906784 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_906784 Katarinea "Eyes" was the second largest aside from character names. *shame* Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:15:43 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_923420 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_923420 ladyhadhafang Apparently, I use the word "now" too much, along with characters' names, "Jedi", "even", "like", etc. Boggles the mind. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:13:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_946022 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_946022 PeverellSister My characters names are the biggest, but the word that I've noticed that I use way to much is "seemed." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:37:32 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_948337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_948337 Raquelin I'm kind of proud that obscenities made it in! ...Five of them. Good job, characters! Other than that, I should probably tone down the "back," "just," and "like." Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:27:25 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_973765 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_973765 ElliMelody My MC is gigantic! Like, half the thing! The next biggest is her best friend, followed by her pet dog. Then, in order of size; like, think, help, following, just, know, take. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:04:51 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1170617 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/32837?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1170617