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| Jan 2, 2017 | » | 02. The Subject
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
The Subject The number of words aren’t intuitive to me. Adults tend to read non-fiction at 238 words per minute. So a good test for how appropriate a piece of writing is, “Can the writer cover X in N minutes?” Hugo uses 213 WPM, while Medium uses 265 WPM, suggesting Medium has a bias for skimming over close reading. I wonder if a browser extension that rates the appropriateness of articles given their subject and their word count is a feasible/desirable thing.... |