Hemingway app

I didn't like it at all. It doesn't like complex clauses at all, and it doesn't pick up all grammatical errors. Nor is there a language app that lets me know if I'm using the correct regional words.

Okay, I guess I didn't understand the thread. My first thought was: Oh boy, here's the app for me. It will take my drivel, put it into Hemingway phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., and I can start making some real money. Turns out, just one more disappointment. Oh well, back to work.

Meh, not really that helpful - it wound up in the MISC stuff box right next to the Faulkner Stream O' Consciousness app . . .

I don't use the actual app, but the desktop version. All I use it for is to look for "very difficult" sentences and to give me a different perspective on a scene. The format is clean and doesn't use too much bandwidth. It's one of my favorite places to drop a scene while editing. However, I'm native English user who is confident playing around with sentences.

For checking syntax and grammar, I think you'd benefit more from using ProWritingAid.

I don't know that any site or app will make you a better writer. That's like saying you can become a better golfer by playing a video game. Or you can become a better guitar player by watching someone else play guitar.

You only become better at something by doing it, learning what's wrong and doing it over again, and again, and again, until someone finally says "hey, that's good!"

Practice, practice practice!

If you get tired of writing or feel like you are not learning, try reading, or critiquing others!

There is an entire sub-forum here for specifically that purpose...

The military uses video games to train soldiers. Police officers does the same for officers. More relevant to this conversation, schools from preschool through college use software to help with student instruction. I don't see anything wrong with this, as it works.

Summer89, use whatever tools help you. Of course you can practice offline, workshop your stories, and experiment with editing software such as ProWritingAid at the same time. Don't worry that writers follow different processes.