Free writing tools

Small, single-purpose checks for the patterns that make prose sound flat. Your text never leaves your browser, and there’s no account and no limit.

From Plainhand

• Sentence length checker

  See every sentence as a bar sized by its length, and spot runs of same-length sentences.

• Filter word finder

  Highlight felt, noticed, realized and the other words that filter a scene, with a count of each.

• Cliché finder

  Find stock phrases like “delve into” and “a testament to”, and see which ones you repeat.

• Sentence opener checker

  List every sentence’s first word and find runs of sentences that start the same way.

Want to know why these patterns matter? Read the writing guides.