Abstract
- Creative writers struggle with obtaining reliable and consistent readers for their draft works. Human reviewers are notoriously inconsistent across different reviewers, and a single reviewer’s feedback can vary significantly over time. Additionally, there are logistical issues with human feedback. We apply text analytics techniques to literary works with the goal of aiding writers in revisions. For a set of text, the Literary Analysis Tool (LAT) provides objective statistics, windowed statistics over the length of the text, and mood analysis. The LAT provides quick feedback, at any time, in an absolutely objective manner. We present the feedback of a small set of creative writers. The results indicate that text analytics has a place in the creative writing process.