Excellent novel-polishing tool

Okay, folks. I generally write books, not reviews. But here goes…

Marked 2 is an EXCELLENT tool for polishing up my “finished” manuscripts. In quotes, of course, because the book isn’t truly done until I’ve hit up Marked 2. It helps me catch all of the words I tend to overuse, like “back” and “against”. (I write a lot of action and – brace yourself – erotica. So blocking words are real trouble for me.)

Marked 2 catches a lot of passive voice, too, and even integrates pretty smoothly with Scrivener. Just grab the Scrivener file and drop it onto the Marked icon. If you have a long novel, Marked CAN choke a bit on live-previewing changes. But it only grabs documents from the “Manuscript” folder in Scrivener, so I only throw a couple of chapters at a time into that folder for edits, then cycle the new one in. When I’m done, everything goes back into “Manuscript”.

The spelling and grammar check aren’t anything particularly special, but let’s be honest – that’s not what I’m using Marked for. So if you need a tool to help you find your problem words and blast their sorry butts, Marked is perfect. (Especially since the latest update, which includes 3-letter word repetitions and prepositions.)

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