The thing that is the most telling to me is that your sentence lengths are varied. That's what is, IMO, most crucial when we're talking about sentence length.
Also, an understanding of what different sentence lengths do. Short sentences increase tension. Long sentences reduce it. If the shoe fits the situation, wear it. Even at 44 words.
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I guess what we really need is a utility that gives the standard deviation of sentence lengths. So who's going to write the code?
Which reminds me...does anyone remember the program that a hatracker wrote that would give a list of every word used in a document along with its frequency? Does anyone still have the executable or remember the origional post? I lost it in a recent upgrade.
Thank you! I see that you've added an interface and some new functions since the revision I last used (assuming it was yours). I love the 'empty adverbs' finder (exposed 43 usages of 'really' in a 35K manuscript - ouch). I'd be happy to make a donation to the cause if you have a paypal account or P.O. box or something.
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