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AI chatbots can be great tools for editing your work. These are the best ones for you to choose from.

Powerful markdown, private sync, pure control ...

Editing can be challenging, especially when you’re deeply invested in your writing. Often, it’s hard to identify what needs fixing. AI tools like AutoCrit and ChatGPT are transforming the editing ...

Some teachers and scholars may merge editing and revising, and that is OK because there is one less step, but the same amount of work is undertaken. So what is revision? In simplest terms, it may mean ...

You know how you can be listening to someone talk, nodding and thinking, “Yes. Yes. I agree. I know. Duh.” — and then they say something that stops you cold? That happened to me when I chaired a panel ...

Serenity Software’s Editor finds grammar and word usage mistakes that your word processor may miss. As a writer and an editor, I have a love-hate relationship with Serenity Software’s Editor (various ...

One of the most effective ways to teach writing is to have students write letters to the editor (“I Teach Writing. It’s Emotional Work,” July 15, 2022). Doing so allows them to develop the ability to ...