Whether it a be a speech, a resume cover letter, or a blog post I struggle with writing the perfect sentence. I use too many words. Sentences, or whole paragraphs, are written with a passive voice (like this one).
Microsoft Word will catch many of the "there" versus "their" type of errors. But wouldn't it be great if there was an easy way to grade what you've written? Wouldn't it be nice to have a tool that points out where sentences could be made less sucky by changing the length, voice, or word choice?
You are in luck. Hemingwayapp.com is a simple application that analyzes the readability of your writing. Copy and paste into the editor and color highlights appear showing you areas of improvement.
Check out the attached photo for the grade a first draft of this post
received. As you can see, there were several issues to address.Are you writing your next speech? Before the final draft, I encourage you to let Hemingway provide sound editing advice.
Jeff Wright
President
Top of Texas Toastmasters
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