To determine your lexical density, try this content word ratio calculator. It will show how many function-words there is compared to content words. It will let you override your own list of content words to test for sentence-level balance. If your draft sounds off in ways you can’t put your finger on, despite proper grammar […]

Punctuation: Tune it. Spaces: Tune it. Use a character n-gram analyzer to rank the most used 2-5 character patterns. The idea is that you use this tool to compare densities, read entropy, and build something like a compact language fingerprint using character patterns. Character patterns are out there in plain sight, in products catalogs, in […]

Enter your plan (sessions per day, buffer, etc.) into this estimated finish date calculator to predict when you’ll be done based off pace, progress, weekdays, skipped days, and more. Recalculate whenever your plan shifts. When we’re starting a new book or working on revising our own manuscript, we intend to finish it, only for life […]

Decide how many chapters to read per week by planning your week, uneven chapter length, session load, catch up reserve, reading days and remaining chapters. The weeks seem shorter then yesterday; a dense textbook sits before you or a thick novel. Quiet panic seeps in, how much should I read each week? The number of […]