[ SECRET POST #5036 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5036 ⌋

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Comments

[esteefee]

Reading any sort of long form writing (novel, non-fiction) means putting together concepts in a way that develops critical thinking skills. They've done studies on this, OP. The only thing one gains from reading Proust (God. have you read Proust? The man did go on.) versus 800 fanfic is a whole lot of patience. And a taste for madeleines, of course. (I keed. Please don't come after me, Proust lovers. You are a determined and feral bunch. I know many of you.)

Here is Grammarly run against not Proust, which is always a translation, but against the first page of The Great Gatsby: it earns an 81 rating overall. The word length is average, sentence length is above average, and it is considered readable by a 15 year-old (but Grammarly considers anything above an 12 year-old overreaching, since you want to shoot for 80% of Americans. No joke.)

The unique words were average (63%) and the rare words were below average (30%). Compare that to, oh, I don't know, my most recent *fluff piece*, which had a 95 rating, unique words above average at 69%, beating out Fitz, and rare words below average along with Fitzgerald 29%. However, I write for a younger crowd at 12 instead of 15. Neither of us are writing for adults.

So what does that say? I picked my own writing and my own last story so that you couldn't say I cherry-picked anything. But please, run Grammarly against a random, what you consider to be good, fanfic and see what happens. I think you'll be surprised. And as long as people are reading, not instagramming, they are using their brains.

Anyway, not convinced? Let's try Hemmingway.

Ewww. Below average for unique words (40%) or rare words (30%). Apparently all he knows how to do is write long sentences. 20.8. Readability score? 67. For 13-14 year-olds. Overall performance 85.

I literally chose Fitz and Hemmingway at random from the great American novels list in google, which is stupid, I know. I should have grabbed Octavia Butler, a novelist I greatly admire.

First page of Kindred.

Okay, wow. She matches my writing almost exactly. 11 year-old reader, 9.8 sentence length, above average but not ridic, her unique words aren't as high average at 58%, rare words 31% below average. Overall score 98.

Fanfic is good for the soul and the brain.

[(Anonymous)]

This is actually pretty fascinating. Careful though, you never know where those Proust fans are lurking.

[esteefee]

I'm telling you, they're dangerous in packs. Specifically, don't play poker with them.

[(Anonymous)]

Just goes to show that picking things apart into numbers cannot predict actual greatness as a writer. Or any art.