Have you heard for the Up-Goer Text Editor? It is an online tool that was inspired by an XKCD comic that explained space travel in a comic with writing from the 10,000 common words list. Now, you may think: so what? 10,000 words is a lot of words. What’s the rub? Actually, 10,000 words is not a lot of words, particularly when you are dealing only with common words, and it is quite difficult to explain a complex idea (like space travel) in that way. I guess someone was inspired by that comic and created the Up-Goer Text Editor, which provides you with a box to write in and alerts you when you have slipped the bounds of the 10,000 words. It’s pretty interesting.
Check out how I did:
And this is what it looked like when I corrected it:
How did you do? Give it a try.
Peace (in the words),
Kevin
PS — thanks to Doug Belshaw for sharing this site in his most recent newsletter.