Clouds

OK, this is neato: put a text file into the box at tagcrowd and it will render you a cloud of the most-used words. If you do this to a story, it's fascinating.

For instance: my current work in progress, in 50-word cloud form:

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Like, obviously I need to do a search-and-replace on "seemed" and "really," and anybody who knows me could have predicted "voice," "mouth," and "sound," but isn't it funny that "turned" is in there? "Think"? And look at those mid-level words. "Eyes," "face," "fingers," "head," "kiss," "mouth," and ... "something"?

Anyway. Happy new year, if it's your new year!

[eta: huh. I can't seem to get their html to work. Trust me, it's very cool on their page.]