Thanks whip. Most people read on a 6Th grade level and think on a 4Th so as the old saying goes " Keep it Simple Stupid"
Its great fun (and of course a learning tool) to put writing through then alter it and re-try! Or try putting the whole story up first and then compare with shorter sections to find the 'weakest link'
Living for the sun & sins!
I fed one of my stories through and it just said, "You Filthy Whore!"
Is that good?
Katrina busy unfurling her guitar cord tangled at her left foot , Melvin baritones "picture you upon knees' ,Katrina liberated from the snake pit of chords , replies to his sing song in a speaking voice 'What the fuck ? Romeo owns only one chair ? 'Melvin continuing 'Tea for Two' Katrina rolling her eyes like an annoyed waitress,deadpans 'Go figure ,dude has only one chair but enough tea for two" suppressing a giggle , Melvin belts out the next bar, 'No one near to see or here, ''Who the fuck would wanna eavesdrop on people drinking tea ,,,that's way too kinky for even Tommy O. Katrina strikes, nodding toward talented but tragic guitarist Tom O'Malley a wisp of a man , his forearms adorned with ornate grammatically incorrect matching tattoos the left reading to fast to live ,the right reading to young to die . 'We won't let it be known we only a telephone' , Melvin croons ,'this mudder phucker must be from Da Parish, too cheap 2 get a second chair , but got a Blackberry yet ain't givin' out the number ...that do even make a bit of sense " Katrina scoffs, Melvin,shaking his head full of Hendrix hair , 'Dawn will break .. you'll bake a cake '. She waves her arms like an over caffinated traffic cop marches toward him , " Hold up ! .hold up ! ,you freaking communisss you gots the wrong girl iffin' ya think Katrina Marie Trahan is baking a friggin' cake before she runs a brush cross her teeth"
11 TH GRADE .....58 on READABILTY
How completely depressing. Apparently all of my stories have a comprehension grade level of 6 or 7.
I've already got an idea for my next story:
See Dick.
See Jane.
See Dick fuck.
See Dick fuck Jane.
Holy shit! That returned:
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 5.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 67.
Thousands of user submitted stories removed from the site. You are nothing without your users or their freely submitted stories.
I had read this post previously and since then use the Flesch-Kincaid website to analyze my own writing
As Dirty Martini mentioned, poetry just does not work and I would obtain similar scores as him when checking my poetry.
I just finalized a story I wrote last year. The final chapter of "You Me" and obtained the following>
Method used: Flesch-Kincaid (English).
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 10.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 58.
The other chapters had similar results.
Then looked at a later story, "Coming to You" and obtained the following>
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 8.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 67.
Coincidentally, my last story "Collaring My Slut" had identical results.
It would seem that my writing had trending to easier reading but has stabilized.
Out of interest I checked the opening page of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" which scored>
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 10.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 60.
Hemmingway's "Farewell to Arms" scored an even higher >
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 12.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 61.
John Grisham's "The Associate" scored a respectable>
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 11.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 54.
Interesting a recent NY Times story on "Selling Abroad, China" scored >
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 17.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 16.
And their report on the drug war in Mexico scored >
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 15.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 33.
CNN's story on U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson scored >
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 13.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 25.
But how many still read the news unless it is on Comedy Central?
How do your stores score on readability?
Tried it out on five stories.
They all got:
Grade: 5-7
Readability: 68-72
No, idea what I can do with this information thou...
Am I the only one who saw the topic as "flesh kink-aid?"
mmm fun calculator. It should be great to use it as first approach than clean and edit the writing and feed it again and check the score difference. Cool
I guess there's some kind of test/help for anything on the World Wide Web.
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I also feed into the test :
"I write stories than wash my hands clean and provide pain relievers for the readers. See "Hokeed up on phonik wurked fur mee"
It told me in a language I could understand: you wusted yuur Monee. ask fur refuunds.
Be well everyone!
Choose n Practice Happiness
Life is simple; we are what we eat and what we read. Talk is superfluous.
I plugged in my most recent story, The Blue Room, and got:
Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 10.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 56.
I'm good with that.
Out of curiosity, I wrote a quick run-on sentence filled with overwrought descriptives and big vocabulary and got a Grade level of 19 and a read-ease score of 35. It's one of my pet peeves with a lot of writing - big words and overcooked descriptions doesn't make it better - it's often an annoyance to read. My english teacher used to compare it to the impact and simplicity of a great black dress. There's no need to embellish it with bows and frills and unnecessary adornments - it just takes away from the design. Same as with writing - stay away from the thesaurus and using too many adjectives and stick with words that are familiar to our everyday lives, especially when it comes to erotica.
71.6................................total score on story ....i havent published it yet ...but for my first ...isnt too bad ....
Grade Levels
A grade level (based on the USA education system) is equivalent to the number of years of education a person has had. Scores over 22 should generally be taken to mean graduate level text.
Readability Formula Grade
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 12
Gunning-Fog Score 15
Coleman-Liau Index 5.8
SMOG Index 5.7
Automated Readability Index 13.4
Average Grade Level 10.4
Text Statistics
Character Count 3,094
Syllable Count 992
Word Count 843
Sentence Count 24
Characters per Word 3.7
Syllables per Word 1.2
Words per Sentence 35.1
Supported Languages
Several readability algorithms use syllable counting to determine their scores. The current syllable counter used here will only work with English text, so scores for other languages may be inaccurate.
The Coleman-Liau and Automated Readability Indexes do not use syllable counting, so should produce a reasonably accurate score in most European languages.
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I have seen several comments with people mentioned that they didn't know what to do with the score...
I would suggest, use it to to help you to write for your intended audience.
Sentence structure and word choices that are below/above the reader will tend to quickly lose the reader.
but I've only written one story soo hopefully I will get better. 
