decoding the secrets of a bestseller
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Decoding the Secrets of a Bestseller
Alessandra Torre, CEO Authors A.I.
[email protected] www.authors.ai
Helping me today is Marlowe
• Her precursor was the “bestseller-ometer” from The Bestseller Code.
• The technology read and predicted NY Times bestsellers with an 83% accuracy—based strictly on the manuscript.
• The algorithm learns from reading novels and pinpointing the commonalities that are unique to the bestsellers.
• Dr. Matthew Jockers completely revamped and expanded the A.I. to fit today’s popular fiction marketplace.
How Marlowe works
Meet our bestsellers:
Do bestselling novels have a specific shape?
Emergence Man in the Hole
The Quest Rags to Riches
(journey through difficult times to a positive outcome) (someone gets into trouble and gets out of it)
(tale of continual struggles along the way) (coming of age or underdog story, from low to high)
Plot shapes of popular fiction
Voyage and ReturnRise and Fall
Descent
(a return to the norm, but through trials and tribulations)
(things come together, only to fall apart)
(a tragedy, or from bad to worse)
Regular beating rhythm
Pacing
Dialogue
Sentence stats
The Great Gatsby50 Shades of Grey
The Da Vinci Code The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Average sentence: 12.61 wordsGrade level: 6.85Complexity score: 2.7
Average sentence: 8.58 wordsGrade level: 4.7Complexity score: 2.7
Average sentence: 10.77 wordsGrade level: 7.38Complexity score: 2.45
Average sentence: 12.55 wordsGrade level: 7.31Complexity score: 2.72
Strong and varied characters
The Bestseller: DecodedIntriguing plot
+ Even pacing
+ Strong characters
+ Storytelling
Dialogue Few adverbs, adjectives Passive voice Sentence structure Cliches / Tics
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