Semicolon counter: This measures the ratio of sentences to semicolons; the semicolons themselves; and paragraph hot spots, formal style bands, and patterns in your manuscript text involving clauses vs. Lists. The semicolon is a tricky one for writers: Too few make your prose seem choppy, while too many makes the page feel dense. It’s hard […]

This is the sentence length checker, to sort out your manuscript’s shortest sentences based off either number of characters or words. Before you edit for rhythm, you will see where sentences tend to be short, what punctuation rules apply, and how to filter out possible sentence fragments. Why would writers wish their writing had more […]

At work, you open up a new piece of equipment and manual is written in another language. Terms increase, sentences stretch on, and soon enough, you’re scanning for pictures rather than reading. That’s where the FORECAST formula comes into play. It was developed by the U.S. It was developed by the military to help test […]

A quote counter checks for mismatched marks and curly versus straight quotes. It check for straight quotes, dialogue-like blocks, shared quoted words, and other issues in pasted manuscript text. How often do you notice quotation marks? This continues until manuscript begins to feel off. The dialogue all runs together and what sounded like a crisp […]