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Published: 2009-03-17 06:12:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 1995; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 75
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Description First and foremost credit goes to the author of the book The Writer's Little Helper that I took this awesome lesson from and put my own twist to. I swear by it and according to his best-sellers and others, it will never lead you astray. The author is James V. Smith, Jr. aka John Harriman and therefore a huge credit and (c) rights to him.

Smith, Jr., James V.. The Writer's Little Helper. Cincinatti, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 2006.

Now for resources I used from dA...

Huge thanks to the wonderful stock/resources of...

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NOTE - This is a large/long image because of the information I was putting in it, so please bear with it!

2nd NOTE - If you are having problems setting up your MS Word to run the spelling && grammar check so that it includes the listed stats, note me or comment.

3rd NOTE - I don't know anyone who uses WordPerfect but if you need the numbers for WordPerfect, I'd be happy to tell you.
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Comments: 12

CydneyX [2010-02-08 21:26:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this is cool!

Me like

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Dani-the-Naiad [2009-03-23 15:25:41 +0000 UTC]

very pretty and helpful info for many-

spotted typo in Tips #4 "loking" -should be looking right?

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awrighton In reply to Dani-the-Naiad [2009-03-24 00:54:15 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I don't spellcheck and 4 am in the morning, hehe and you're not supposed to notice! It actually, seriously, seems to be my keyboard on my Photoshop PC, lol.

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Dani-the-Naiad In reply to awrighton [2009-03-24 16:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Yes... I know a quote that goes like this "To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer." -it's anonymous. So yes...blame the computer...

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awrighton In reply to Dani-the-Naiad [2009-03-24 17:04:58 +0000 UTC]

I will!!! I swear, it has NOTHING to do with the user, AT ALL

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Dani-the-Naiad In reply to awrighton [2009-03-25 15:52:48 +0000 UTC]

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Kinsara [2009-03-18 22:56:25 +0000 UTC]

I have word perfect

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awrighton In reply to Kinsara [2009-03-19 00:31:40 +0000 UTC]

k... lemme find it... aha!

For WordPerfect, using the Grammatik feature:
Words per sentence (average) = 15 maximum
Syllables per word (average) = 1.5 maximum
Passive Voice = 5% maximum
Sentence complexity = 30 maximum
vocabulary complexity = 15 maximum

For the scoring of your work you'd use this equation...

(Sentence Complexity + Vocabulary Complexity) - 100 = score

Hope that helps

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Kinsara In reply to awrighton [2009-03-20 02:28:29 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! You are so kind

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awrighton In reply to Kinsara [2009-03-20 06:42:17 +0000 UTC]

no problemo

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killerpine [2009-03-17 06:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Not relevant to the content, but this is definitely one of the prettiest tutorials I've seen on dA.

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awrighton In reply to killerpine [2009-03-17 06:36:28 +0000 UTC]



Wow, thanks a lot. I always try to make them pretty since the content is usually pretty frustrating stuff to learn and master....

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