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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Fitzgerald: Adventures in Twitter fiction

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I believe this starts with an evolution of eitxinsg methods. The short story, for example, people are saying that the short story is eeeniipnrxcg a renaissance of sorts thanks to e-readers, digital marketplaces. One writer, Hugh hewoy, experimented with short stories on Amazon by releasing one very short story called "Wool." And he actually says that he didn't itnned for "Wool" to become a series, but that the audience lveod the first story so much they demanded more, and so he gave them more. He gave them "Wool 2," which was a little bit longer than the first one, "Wool 3," which was even longer, culminating in "Wool 5," which was a 60,000-word novel. I think Howey was able to do all of this because he had the quick feedback system of e-books. He was able to write and publish in relatively short oerdr. There was no mediator between him and the audience. It was just him directly connected with his auincede and building on the feedback and enthusiasm that they were giving him. So this whole project was an experiment. It sretatd with the one short story, and I think the experimentation actually became a part of Howey's fmoart. And that's something that this medium enabled, was experimentation being a part of the format itself.

Open Cloze


I believe this starts with an evolution of ________ methods. The short story, for example, people are saying that the short story is ____________ a renaissance of sorts thanks to e-readers, digital marketplaces. One writer, Hugh _____, experimented with short stories on Amazon by releasing one very short story called "Wool." And he actually says that he didn't ______ for "Wool" to become a series, but that the audience _____ the first story so much they demanded more, and so he gave them more. He gave them "Wool 2," which was a little bit longer than the first one, "Wool 3," which was even longer, culminating in "Wool 5," which was a 60,000-word novel. I think Howey was able to do all of this because he had the quick feedback system of e-books. He was able to write and publish in relatively short _____. There was no mediator between him and the audience. It was just him directly connected with his ________ and building on the feedback and enthusiasm that they were giving him. So this whole project was an experiment. It _______ with the one short story, and I think the experimentation actually became a part of Howey's ______. And that's something that this medium enabled, was experimentation being a part of the format itself.

Solution


  1. existing
  2. audience
  3. experiencing
  4. loved
  5. intend
  6. order
  7. started
  8. format
  9. howey

Original Text


I believe this starts with an evolution of existing methods. The short story, for example, people are saying that the short story is experiencing a renaissance of sorts thanks to e-readers, digital marketplaces. One writer, Hugh Howey, experimented with short stories on Amazon by releasing one very short story called "Wool." And he actually says that he didn't intend for "Wool" to become a series, but that the audience loved the first story so much they demanded more, and so he gave them more. He gave them "Wool 2," which was a little bit longer than the first one, "Wool 3," which was even longer, culminating in "Wool 5," which was a 60,000-word novel. I think Howey was able to do all of this because he had the quick feedback system of e-books. He was able to write and publish in relatively short order. There was no mediator between him and the audience. It was just him directly connected with his audience and building on the feedback and enthusiasm that they were giving him. So this whole project was an experiment. It started with the one short story, and I think the experimentation actually became a part of Howey's format. And that's something that this medium enabled, was experimentation being a part of the format itself.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
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Important Words


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  27. marketplaces
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  31. order
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  35. publish
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  38. renaissance
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