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Do you ever get confused by writing advice? We've all heard the common ones — avoid adverbs, no exclamation marks, start books with something other than the weather, et cetera, et cetera. Depending on who you talk to, opinions differ on the value of this advice.
In Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve Ben Blatt combines two of my favorite things: big data and books. The result is an analyses of bestselling fiction, literary fiction, and fan fiction to see how well authors follow the advice, and by inference how well respect the advice is among authors. If you're interested in self-publishing, then this will give you tons to think about. |
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