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I am not a grammar perfect writer. I am a fast writer. Words pop into
my writer's mind faster than my fingers type. My stories tell
themselves, meaning I seriously have no idea where or what is going
to happen until it unfolds in my inner writer's ear. I never pause to
check what I've written, I might lose the narrative.
It's when the words
stop flowing that I read what the story is about and if it is
interesting. I don't read to see if every i is dotted and t
is crossed.
I use Grammarly, it
automatically detects grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice,
and style mistakes.
I like hearing how
it sounds before sending it to a proofreader. I save it in 'pdf'
format and use the narrator. I silently read along with the narrator
and pause when I see a mistake. I go to the manuscript, usually in
'google docs', and make the correction.
Next, I run it
through 'Hemingway edits', an
app built and designed to detect wordy sentences, dull or complicated
words, adverbs, and passive voice. It also tells how many minutes it
is to read, the grade level of the writing, and how many sentences
and paragraphs there are in the work.
I
just used the Hemingway app for what I wrote so far:
Here
is how it looks on Hemingway app--It
shows the details on a sidebar.
Grade
8-
4
adverbs, should only have 3.
1
use of passive voice, considered good
5
of 16 sentences are hard to read
3
are very hard to read.
I've
never been a grammar perfect writer. I am a fast writer as words pop
into my writer's mind faster than my fingers can type. My
stories tell themselves, meaning I seriously
have no idea where or what is going to happen until it unfolds in my
inner writer's ear. I never pause
to check what I've written, I might lose the narrative. I
use Grammarly,
it automatically
detects grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, and style
mistakes
It's
when the words stop flowing that I read what I wrote but not for
anything other than what the story is about, not if every i is
dotted
and t crossed. I do that before
sending it to a proofreader, which I do before sending it to an
editor.
I
like hearing how it sounds before sending it to
a
beta reader so I save it in 'pdf' format and use the narrator on it.
I
silently
read along with the narrator and pause when I see a mistake, go to
the manuscript, usually in google docs, and make the correction.
Next,
I run it through Hemingway edits, an app built and designed to detect
wordy sentences, dull or complicated words, adverbs, and passive
voice in a text. It
also tells me how many minutes it is to read, what grade level the
writing is, and how many sentences and paragraphs there are in the
work.
I
use these 3 free programs before writing 'The End' and sending to a
proofreader, then an editor.
I
use the free version
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