Free Tools
This page contains free tools that will help you improve your writing.
Oblique Marketing Strategies
Based on Brian Eno's original Oblique Strategies, this tool will give you inspiration when you face a marketing problem. Just click on the text in the box to get a new strategy. (Read about Oblique Marketing Strategies on my blog.)
Concentration and meditation timer
Use this simple application to help you concentrate. Reset your concentration on your work whenever the bell goes. Stop and make tea when the final bell sounds. For more information see: how to concentrate on writing.
With thanks to Peter McArthur. Copyright and licence.
Readability scores
This tool will help you improve your writing by giving objective, numerical feedback using Flesch Kinkaid, Gunning Fog and SMOG indices. You can analyse all the text on a web page or paste in some text directly.
Enter URI to check readability:
Enter text to check readability:
Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease
Explain Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease...
This is a relatively long paragraph that says nothing about the Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease score. It isn't, however, totally useless, because it demonstrates the resizing capabilities of the mouse over pop up.
The mouse over pop up is implemented with a hidden div with absolute positioning. As long as the mouse is not over the "Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease" text, the div stays hidden. When the mouse is over the text, the "mouseover" event is triggered, and a Javascript function makes the div visible. When the mouse moves from the text, the "mouseout" event is triggered, and another Javascript function changes the div back to hidden.
Let's see if this is long enough...
Yeah, it's actually too long, it falls off the screen...
longer
Flesch Kincaid Grade Level
Say something
again
again
again
Gunning Fog Score
SMOG Index
Contact us if you have any feedback.
Big thanks to coding genius Dan C. Maftei.
Also thanks to Peter McArthur for the first version of the timer.
Copyright and licence for concentration timer only.
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