Are You Using the Hemingway app? Smart Authors and Writers DO …
The Hemingway App becomes the author’s secret sauce for writing pop and pizazz. It can easily become the author’s best friend. It’s the one many editors use (along with Grammarly) to fine-tune writing. And best of all, it’s free.
I love it because it gives you a “readability index” –meaning what grade level your verbiage is at. Sad to say … but the clearer your writing is perceived as, the lower the grade level you use—suggest you stay in the 6th-grade level. Sigh.
Once you open the app, you can write or paste in your copy. Click on EDIT and watch the color-coded phrases that pop up and suggestions on how to fix. Go ahead and delete the instructions you see on the homepage by highlighting them.
Last time I checked, the Yellow highlights long, complex sentences and common errors. Red identifies dense, complicated sentences.
Blue shows you adverbs that you can remove and replace with more forceful verbs. Purple points out smarty pants words that will drive your readers to the dictionary (don’t do this) and should be replaced with simple words. Green flags you when your text is in the passive voice.
Get it here: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
You will be surprised with what pops up. It’s the secret sauce for authors and writers.
P.S. Don’t Forget … revisit your goals you create now. As summer approaches in six months, were they realistic? Have you met them? Any? Is it time to revamp? DO IT, if so.
Dr. Judith Briles is the award-winning and bestselling author of 49 books and calls Colorado home. When she’s not in the kitchen or in the garden, she’s working with clients as The Book Shepherd, a book and publishing consulting and project management firm that works with authors at all stages of their book to create and publish a book they never regret! She’s the founder of the first Authors’ Hall of Fame exclusively dedicated to ensuring the legacy of authors connected in some way with Colorado.
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