In The Demons’ Head: Review of the ProWriterAid
March 4, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of “In The Demons’ Head” Today I’d like to take a little time and give ya’ll my review of a hell of a program that I believe every writer should truly invest in. That program is called “ProWritingAid” it’s one of those programs you don’t realize you should have, until you actually use it. I should probably preface this whole thing by telling you that there are a shit ton of features, and bonuses that I never fucked with when I used the program. So there is very likely something for you in this program, but seeing as I didn’t use all the features I can only comment on the ones I did use. Let’s get started with the big one.
March 4, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of “In The Demons’ Head” Today I’d like to take a little time and give ya’ll my review of a hell of a program that I believe every writer should truly invest in. That program is called “ProWritingAid” it’s one of those programs you don’t realize you should have, until you actually use it. I should probably preface this whole thing by telling you that there are a shit ton of features, and bonuses that I never fucked with when I used the program. So there is very likely something for you in this program, but seeing as I didn’t use all the features I can only comment on the ones I did use. Let’s get started with the big one.
That feature is the Style editor. This tool will scan your entire selected chapter, or scene, or whatever it is that you have selected. It reads through it and helps you make adjustments based on readability, use of indirect words, writing in tell instead of show, it points out passive phrases, among a host of other pieces it breaks down for you. Now the kicker here is you can decide to keep or get rid of whatever it points out to you. Now if you don’t change it, then when you hit the button again it will pop up but the best part is that the whole thing is all about you deciding if you want to keep something or get rid of it.
The next feature I used quite a bit was the grammar tab. It posts up a report of the grammar of the particular section you’re reviewing at the time. This mostly includes either spelling errors, or something grammatically wrong with a section. I don’t know if there are more features with this particular section or not but that was all it gave me while I used it to edit my novel. This leads me to believe that those are the main functionalities of that particular section.
The last piece of this program that I used was the overused tab, and to be quite honest I didn’t use it a lot but I can give you the gist of what it does, which is what the name suggest. It points out words that were overused in the particular section. This tool could be useful if you’re trying to cut down on certain words for one reason or another.
Another cool feature of note is that the program works with Scrivener so if you’ve written in a scrivener file, then transferring into and out of ProWritingAid is exceptionally easy and makes the transition as painless as possible.
All told, the program is set at a fair price of $40 a year, or $140 for a lifetime subscription. And honestly, it won’t ever replace an actual editor but be damned if it won’t help you clean up your writing quite a bit. It’s helped me tremendously already and I look forward to what it’s going to do as I continue down this journey.
It’s defiantly a tool that I’d fully recommend to those people who are looking to deepen their tool belts in the world of writing. Until next week, remember to check me out online on Facebook or to sign up for my mailing list. This is Kyle Robinson wishing you a safe trip back to the surface.
The next feature I used quite a bit was the grammar tab. It posts up a report of the grammar of the particular section you’re reviewing at the time. This mostly includes either spelling errors, or something grammatically wrong with a section. I don’t know if there are more features with this particular section or not but that was all it gave me while I used it to edit my novel. This leads me to believe that those are the main functionalities of that particular section.
The last piece of this program that I used was the overused tab, and to be quite honest I didn’t use it a lot but I can give you the gist of what it does, which is what the name suggest. It points out words that were overused in the particular section. This tool could be useful if you’re trying to cut down on certain words for one reason or another.
Another cool feature of note is that the program works with Scrivener so if you’ve written in a scrivener file, then transferring into and out of ProWritingAid is exceptionally easy and makes the transition as painless as possible.
All told, the program is set at a fair price of $40 a year, or $140 for a lifetime subscription. And honestly, it won’t ever replace an actual editor but be damned if it won’t help you clean up your writing quite a bit. It’s helped me tremendously already and I look forward to what it’s going to do as I continue down this journey.
It’s defiantly a tool that I’d fully recommend to those people who are looking to deepen their tool belts in the world of writing. Until next week, remember to check me out online on Facebook or to sign up for my mailing list. This is Kyle Robinson wishing you a safe trip back to the surface.