Tutorial: Using ProWritingAid for editing with Joanna (J.F.) Penn 

We all want to make our writing the best it can be, and in this video, I demonstrate how you can use ProWritingAid to improve your manuscript before working with a human editor.
00:27 - Why use an editing tool anyway?
01:22 - How I use Scrivener with ProWritingAid and go through chapter by chapter
01:42 - Demo starts. Fixing typos, spacing issues and rephrases
03:01 - Fixing passive writing
03:47 - Fixing overwriting and tightening the manuscript
04:09 - Rephrasing
05:22 - Using sparks to find new ideas and different directions
08:38 - Using the Reports to find issues and improve
09:06 - Changing the genre to get better reports
09:36 - Finding help with understanding different elements
10:26 - Sentence length and variability
10:44 - Pacing
11:09 - Critique report including strengths and improvements
12:18 - Clichés
13:06 - Save everything
13:30 - I export from Scrivener to MS Word. You can find my Scrivener tutorial for fiction and non-fiction here: • How I Use Scrivener Fo...
Then I send the manuscript to my human editor, Kristen Tate.
You can find a discussion with her here - www.thecreativepenn.com/2022/...
13:54 - You can find more information at ProWritingAid.com or you can use my affiliate link for 10% off at www.thecreativepenn.com/prowr...
You can find a list of human editors here: www.thecreativepenn.com/editors/
Here's how to find and work with an editor: www.thecreativepenn.com/2022/...
You can find a list of other tools I use and more tutorials here: www.thecreativepenn.com/tools/
Happy writing, and happy editing!