If I Had a Nickel

Do you notice when an author overuses a word? Or maybe when certain authors refuse to use certain words? What about right in the middle? Can you pick a word that'll be used 20 times —no more, no less— over a set number of pages? Go ahead, try the word "the" over a single page, or "she" over 10 pages. Maybe the word "beautiful" will be used a bunch in this chapter! There's only one way to find out.…