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Fiction Rule of Thumb
Permanent link to this comic:
https://xkcd.com/483/
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[[Line graph shown with an inverse curve]]
[[Y-Axis: Probability book is good]]
[[X-Axis: Number of words made up by author]]
[[The curve becomes less steep as the number of words increase]]
{{Quote at the bottom of the text}}"The Elders, or Fra'as, guarded the farmlings (children) with their krytoses, which are like swords but awesomer..." {{Fra'as, farmlings, krytoses and awesomer are italicised}}
{{Alt-Text: Except for anything by Lewis Carroll and Tolkien, you get five made-up words per story. I'm looking at you, Anathem.}}
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Comics I enjoy:
Three Word Phrase,
SMBC,
Dinosaur Comics,
Oglaf (nsfw),
A Softer World,
Buttersafe,
Perry Bible Fellowship,
Questionable Content,
Buttercup Festival,
Homestuck,
Junior Scientist Power Hour
