Before we even realize it, paragraph rhythm impacts how we read the actual text. Does it flow smoothly? Do our eyes glaze over on a wall of text? Are we getting poked every other sentence with choppy one-sentence burst? Paragraph length change how readers experience it. Eventually, writers gets a sense of this, but that’s […]

There’s an ellipsis counter for counting all those spaced out ellipses, Unicode ellipses, and three-dot ellipses. You can check for clusters of ellipses and mark spots where the source might have left something out or trailed off. On the page, ellipses seem easy; they’re nothing but three little dots. But anyone who has stared at […]

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 […]