Hey Authors … what’s in your writing closet?

Smart writers use the Hemingway app—it’s free for online use or upgrade to the Lifetime and park it on your website for easy peasy access. The Hemingway App becomes the author’s secret sauce for writing pop and pizazz. The good news: it will soar your writing success.

If you aren’t using it, you will soon discover the best clarity writing tool for authors. It can easily become the author’s best friend. It’s the one many editors use (along with Grammarly) to fine tune writing. 

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.

Dr. Judith Briles started writing notes to her classmates in first grade … and got into “disruptive trouble” from her teachers. She’s now the author of 48 books and counting, still being a disrupter. Her books have won over 55 book awards and been Amazon bestsellers. You can follow her professional side at www.TheBookShepherd.com where she works with writers to become published authors. Listen in to her weekly podcast: AuthorU: Your Guide to Book Publishing at https://bit.ly/AuthorUPodcast

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