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ProWritingAid in the Classroom

All About the 25 ProWritingAid Reports

ProWritingAid analyzes your writing and presents its findings in 25 different reports. Each user will have their own writing strengths and weaknesses and so different reports will appeal to different people. Remember, all the software can do is highlight potential pitfalls in your writing. It's up to you, the writer, to decide which suggestions work within your specific context, and which ones should be ignored.

How to be a Better Proofreader

Proofreading getting you down? These tips will help ensure you never miss a thing.

How to Vary Sentence Lengths

The writer’s job is to cater to the reader. A plethora of long sentences will have the reader nodding off. In similar fashion a stream of short sentences will increase the pace of a passage rushing the reader through the action. The secret? Use varied sentence length. Read on to find out what your sentences can do.

Why an Editing Tool is Like a Hovering Librarian

Imagine a kindly, bespectacled woman with fresh, minty breath hovering over your shoulder as you pour words out on the screen. Her critical task is to help you make every word choice the best and to guide you to clearer, more concise sentences. She has your literary best interests at heart.

What All Writers Need to Learn From the British Cycling Team

New manager, Sir David Brailsford, changed Team Sky's destiny in 2010. His "aggregation of marginal gains" strategy delivered outstanding results for them, and it can work for you too!

A Letter from Roald Dahl: "Eschew All Those Beastly Adjectives."

When a student wrote to Roald Dahl in 1980 asking for help on his thesis, he received this rather curt letter in reply. We think it's wonderful.

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ProWritingAid in the Classroom

All About the 25 ProWritingAid Reports

How to be a Better Proofreader

How to Vary Sentence Lengths

Why an Editing Tool is Like a Hovering Librarian

What All Writers Need to Learn From the British Cycling Team

A Letter from Roald Dahl: "Eschew All Those Beastly Adjectives."

Grammar Guide

You're Currently Browsing:

Articles about sentence length

The Writing Process

Blogging and Content Writing

Grammar Rules

Business Writing

Writing Apps

How to Use ProWritingAid

ProWritingAid in the Classroom

All About the 25 ProWritingAid Reports

How to be a Better Proofreader

How to Vary Sentence Lengths

Why an Editing Tool is Like a Hovering Librarian

What All Writers Need to Learn From the British Cycling Team

A Letter from Roald Dahl: "Eschew All Those Beastly Adjectives."

Grammar Guide

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