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ProWritingAid’s manuscript editor can help you take your book from first draft to publish-ready.
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I am continually impressed with the positive input this program offers me every time I sit down to write. My skills have improved immensely since I bought it and heartily recommend it to anyone who wants to have more confidence in their own writing.
Ginger Wakem
I’ve tried every free and paid writing/editing/grammar extension out there and this by far is the best one my team and I have found. It’s fast, accurate and really helps improve your writing beyond simple grammar suggestions.
Joel Widmer
ProWritingAid has been a resource in my writer toolkit for many years. The program helps me to craft and clarify my stories for a better reader experience. Your editor will thank you for making their job easier.
Siera London
Why choose ProWritingAid’s manuscript editor?
Improve your chances of publication with our real-time suggestions for grammar, spelling, and style.
Power up your prose
In manuscript editing, it’s easy to miss little details. Use our unnecessary adverbs checks, cliché alerts, and flags for odd dialogue tags to refine the details of your story and take your writing to the next level.
Keep your readers hooked
Master “show, don’t tell” with suggestions that make your story jump off the page. With sensory reports and pacing improvements you can spot opportunities to pull readers into your story.
Learn from your favorite authors
Choose your favorite author to use as a benchmark, whether it’s Margaret Atwood, Nora Roberts, or Stephen King. Find out how your writing compares in areas like sentence length and adverb usage.
Works wherever you do
Edit your manuscript across all the apps you use, whether they’re on desktop or online.
ProWritingAid’s Manuscript Editor FAQs
1. Can ProWritingAid help with all the steps for manuscript editing?
Manuscript editing involves several stages. Most writers start with developmental editing, which involves looking at structure, logical flow, and narrative. Next comes line editing, which involves looking at sentence structure, word choice, and other writing elements. Finally, you’ll need proofreading, which involves catching typos and formatting mistakes.
ProWritingAid can help you with all of these steps, with comprehensive reports that look at both big-picture and line-level improvements.
2. Can I track my editing progress as I go?
The hardest part of editing is always knowing where to begin.
It’s important to know what you are doing well and where you could improve. A good manuscript editing software points you toward the key changes that will have the biggest impact on your writing, while also acknowledging your wins.
ProWritingAid’s goals show how you score against real-world targets for the key editing elements for your document type. Your scores change as you edit so you can monitor your progress in real time.
3. What software integrations does ProWritingAid offer?
ProWritingAid offers many different integrations so you can edit your manuscript where you’re most comfortable!
Our app integrates with MS Word, Google Docs, and several browser extensions (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge). Our Desktop App also has compatibility with Scrivener—allowing you to upload and edit your Scrivener files directly into our app.
4. What is the maximum word count ProWritingAid can check?
Although ProWritingAid does not have a maximum word count, it works best when looking at fewer than 10,000 words at a time. The complex nature of our many high-powered reports requires that the tool maintains contact with our servers to function. You can break your manuscript up by chapter to get under that word count and to avoid becoming overwhelmed with suggestions.
Ensuring your chapters are less than 10,000 words will help ProWritingAid work faster and more efficiently.