What does SmartEdit do?

SmartEdit runs over 25 checks on your document and highlights potential problems, including:

Repeated words and phrases

Over-use of adverbs and clichés

Misused words such as breathe instead of breath

Long and winding sentences

Use of crutch words

Unusual dialogue tags that shouldn’t be there

Misnamed proper nouns that slipped past you

Excessive use of semi-colons and exclamation marks

What does SmartEdit NOT do?

It does not tell you to remove or replace a word

It does not make any automated changes for you

It does not make suggestions

It does not tell you whether your work might be good, bad, or somewhere in between

You’re the creative writer; it’s your novel. SmartEdit is a tool that’s there to help you as you edit. A glorified spell-checker. Nothing more.

Are you a published author? Are you planning to become a published author? Have you finished or are you close to finishing a first draft of a novel or short story? If you answered yes to any of these questions, SmartEdit is for you.