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| The Word Cloud: Poetic Form and/or Marketing Tool
June 12, 2018 (Part Two)
Yesterday,
I commented a little on the similarities I found between my processes
as a poet and the process of creating the word clouds and brief chapter
summaries for social media. Today, I think it's worth noting the
difference. The primary challenge, in extracting one set of texts from
another for promotional purposes, was to determine how to much to tell. I
wanted to set it up so the word clouds and chapter summaries created
some intrigue, but I wanted to make sure I didn't give away any of the
book's secrets. In the end, I chose to feature fewer character names in
later word clouds and to include more items than actions in the chapter
summaries. I suspect my beta readers could look at the collection of
word clouds and see the arc of the narrative, but I'm hoping the rest of
you will still find enough mystery in their connections to one another
that you'll be curious enough to read the book!
Chapter Eight
Word cloud for Chapter 8, in which we go drinking at The Henge and dream
of other worlds.
Chapter Nine
Book club, ponies, another tarot reading, and some mushroom hunting gone
awry.
Chapter Ten
Birds, chess, Marilyn Monroe, and the YMCA.
Chapter Eleven
A pinky promise, a little twist, and dogs, dogs, dogs!
Chapter Twelve
"But I genuinely like you and that is something special. Don’t screw it up
by playing the hapless innocent, okay?"
Chapter Thirteen Sleepover espionage, paranormal
evidence, and a very special connection.
Chapter Fourteen
Another world, another phone call, and another connection.
Chapter Fifteen
Chicken-flavored dog shampoo, cookies, and some friendly, if unusual,
visitors at book club.
Chapter Sixteen
Tarot word cloud: Contentment, Opportunity, Star, Moon, Princess of Wands,
Passage, Joy, Fullness, Silver Queen, Universe, Work.
Tune in tomorrow for the last of the series! Click here to see the first one! |
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