The view from above

Writer Analytics

Patterns across 190 essays — themes, language, length, and quality.

Most common themes

Motherhood
91
Love
84
Philosophy
77
Family
73
Dreams
61
Career
52
Humor
46
Mental Health
46
Grief
45
God
45
Faith
44
Travel
44
Divorce
17
Cats
14

Most common signature words

From TF-IDF — the words most distinctive to her essays.

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The archive, scored

Average across 190 essays, 0–10.

Voice

6.4

Unmistakably hers — rhythm, fragments, signature turns.

Lyric intensity

5.9

Hits hard. Image and metaphor, not emotion words.

The line

8.0

At least one sentence to underline.

Mind under feeling

5.9

Essay, not vent. Feeling that gets thought about.

Held shape

7.6

Arrives. Opening and ending rhyme.

How the writing has scored over time

Average literary mean per year

2017
5.2
2023
6.4
2025
6.6
2026
7.2

Top themes by year

  • 2017Motherhood · Divorce · Family
  • 2023Dreams · Motherhood · Humor
  • 2025Motherhood · Love · Family
  • 2026Philosophy · Love · Motherhood

Highest overall (literary mean)

Sentences to tattoo

Essays that scored 9 or 10 on the line — at least one underlineable sentence.

The venting that became essay

High mind and high lyric — feeling that got thought about.

Essays that deserve revision

Short pieces with high emotional density — drafts worth expanding.