Go, Go, Grammarly for Editing Your Writing, #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

 

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Go, Go, Grammarly for Editing Your Writing by J.Q. Rose

One of my most favorite tools I keep in my Author Toolbox is Grammarly, an online spelling and grammar checker. I only use the free version, but the program always tells me how many advanced issues I am missing because I am not a premium member. So I have been considering joining the premium program since I am editing a nonfiction book for girls, Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women and my memoir, Arranging a Dream.

Grammarly does a fine job of finding typos, misspelled words and punctuation errors. That's what I really need, but the premium program can help find awkward sentences, a wrong word by reading the context of the sentence e.g. there or they're and I bet dangling participles too--whatever that is! I imagine many writerly concerns such as tautology can be pointed out by the AI bot. 

When I am tired and I have read a chapter over and over and over, I can get into Grammarly and it will underline even more words that I missed. I feel more at ease about the editing after using this inhuman tool.

I am looking into more free tools for grammar checking, such as Pro-Writing Aid, and will report on them for you next month.

Below is part of the weekly writing update from Grammarly. (Ha, I find it interesting that the program underlined grammarly as an error when that is its logo spelling without the capital G!) I like the Tone section of the report especially when I'm writing a book for 10-13-year-old girls. I don't want it to be formal sounding.

Take a peek to learn about grammarly besides just the grammar corrections.

SEPTEMBER 06 - SEPTEMBER 13   Your Weekly Writing Update   Check out the big vocabulary on you! You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users. Keep it up!         GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK   44 weeks 52 Next Achievement See all achievements  ›     PRODUCTIVITY   You were more productive than 92% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet   12,231 words checked   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13     MASTERY   You were more accurate than 55% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet   166 alerts shown   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13     VOCABULARY   You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet   1,589 unique words used   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13     TONE   Some of the tones that were detected in your writing last week:     1. Formal 28‌% +8%   2. Joyful 22‌% -3%   3. Encouraging 16‌% +14%   4. Informative 14‌% -4%   5. Appreciative 6‌% -8%   6. Neutral 5‌% +2%   7. Uncertain 5‌% +2%   What is your process for proofreading your writing? Please leave a comment below.  Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you'll visit more bloggers and pick up tips and inspiration along the hop.  Click here to visit blog hop participants.

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September issue of the Rose Courier

SEPTEMBER 06 - SEPTEMBER 13

Your Weekly Writing Update   Check out the big vocabulary on you! You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users. Keep it up!

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK   44 weeks 52 Next Achievement See all achievements  ›

PRODUCTIVITY   You were more productive than 92% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet

12,231 words checked   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

MASTERY   You were more accurate than 55% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet

166 alerts shown   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

VOCABULARY   You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet   1,589 unique words used   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

TONE   Some of the tones that were detected in your writing last week:     1. Formal 28‌% +8%   2. Joyful 22‌% -3%   3. Encouraging 16‌% +14%   4. Informative 14‌% -4%   5. Appreciative 6‌% -8%   6. Neutral 5‌% +2%   7. Uncertain 5‌% +2%   What is your process for proofreading your writing? Please leave a comment below.  Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you'll visit more bloggers and pick up tips and inspiration along the hop.  Click here to visit blog hop participants.

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 06 - SEPTEMBER 13

SEPTEMBER 06 - SEPTEMBER 13

Your Weekly Writing Update

Check out the big vocabulary on you! You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users. Keep it up!

 

Your Weekly Writing Update

 

Check out the big vocabulary on you! You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users. Keep it up!

 

 

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK   44 weeks 52 Next Achievement See all achievements  ›

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK   44 weeks 52 Next Achievement See all achievements  ›

 

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK   44 weeks

52 Next Achievement See all achievements  ›

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK
44 weeks

 

GRAMMARLY WRITING STREAK

 

44 weeks

52
Next Achievement
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52

52

Next Achievement

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	PRODUCTIVITY
	You were more productive than 92% of Grammarly users.
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PRODUCTIVITY

PRODUCTIVITY

 

You were more productive than
92% of Grammarly users.

 

 

Share

Tweet

Share

  Share

 

Tweet

  Tweet

12,231
words checked
AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

12,231

words checked

 

AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

 

 

	MASTERY
	You were more accurate than 55% of Grammarly users.
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MASTERY

MASTERY

 

You were more accurate than
55% of Grammarly users.

 

 

Share

Tweet

Share

  Share

 

Tweet

  Tweet

166
alerts shown
AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

166

alerts shown

 

AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

 

 

VOCABULARY   You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users.       Share     Tweet

1,589 unique words used   AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

	VOCABULARY
	You used more unique words than 92% of Grammarly users.
	Share     Tweet

 

VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

 

You used more unique words than
92% of Grammarly users.

 

 

Share

Tweet

Share

  Share

 

Tweet

  Tweet

1,589
unique words used
AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

1,589

unique words used

 

AUG 23 30 SEP 06 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

AUG 23

30

SEP 06

13

 

 

TONE   Some of the tones that were detected in your writing last week:

1. Formal 28‌% +8%   2. Joyful 22‌% -3%   3. Encouraging 16‌% +14%   4. Informative 14‌% -4%   5. Appreciative 6‌% -8%   6. Neutral 5‌% +2%   7. Uncertain 5‌% +2%   What is your process for proofreading your writing? Please leave a comment below.  Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you'll visit more bloggers and pick up tips and inspiration along the hop.  Click here to visit blog hop participants.

TONE

Some of the tones that were detected in your writing last week:

 

TONE

 

Some of the tones that were detected in your writing last week:

 

1. Formal	28‌% +8%
2. Joyful	22‌% -3%
3. Encouraging	16‌% +14%
4. Informative	14‌% -4%
5. Appreciative	6‌% -8%
6. Neutral	5‌% +2%
7. Uncertain	5‌% +2%
What is your process for proofreading your writing? Please leave a comment below.
Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you'll visit more bloggers and pick up tips and inspiration along the hop.  Click here to visit blog hop participants.

 

1.

Formal

 

 

28‌%

+8%

+8%

 

2.

Joyful

 

 

22‌%

-3%

-3%

 

3.

Encouraging

 

 

16‌%

+14%

+14%

 

4.

Informative

 

 

14‌%

-4%

-4%

 

5.

Appreciative

 

 

6‌%

-8%

-8%

 

6.

Neutral

 

 

5‌%

+2%

+2%

 

7.

Uncertain

 

 

5‌%

+2%

+2%

 

What is your process for proofreading your writing? Please leave a comment below.

 Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you'll visit more bloggers and pick up tips and inspiration along the hop. 

Click here to visit blog hop participants.