Manuscript Editor for Fiction Writers

Fiction manuscripts,
unflinchingly honest feedback.

100% private — nothing leaves your browser. Ever.

Catches passive voice, clichés, filler words, dialogue bookisms, weak verbs, and 20+ other fiction killers. Free. No sign-up. Your text never touches a server.

Not an AI rewriter. Not a grammar checker. A sharp editorial eye you control.

No draft to hand? Try it on a sample chapter →

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🔒 No account. No server. No AI training. Your manuscript stays on your machine — always.

✦ 16 check types
✦ Private by design — no server receives your text
✦ Imports .txt · .md · .pdf · .docx
✦ Zero data sent to any server

Built for writers
who mean it

Not a grammar checker. Not an AI rewriter. A sharp editorial eye you control.

Novelists

You've read the draft four times. You've stopped seeing the passive constructions, the filler, the sentence that somehow reached 58 words. Inkcheck still sees them.

Editors

Load a client's manuscript, run the analysis, generate a printable report. Every issue logged, categorised, severity-scored — ready to discuss. The first pass done in minutes, not hours.

Self-publishers

No budget for a copy editor on every pass. Inkcheck won't replace a human eye — but it will catch the things that make a reader stop.

Everything an editor
actually needs

Built for real editorial workflows — not just grammar checking.

Deep prose analysis

16 check types covering mechanical errors, style issues, and repetition. Standard scan catches passive voice, adverb overuse, filler words, and more.

Quick + Standard scan

Editor's Report

Generate a polished, printable report with manuscript stats, issue breakdown by category and by chapter, and a personal note to the author. The chapter table gives each chapter's word count, issue count, and issues per 1,000 words — wherever the manuscript's chapter headings can be recognised.

Pro feature

Custom word lists

Add your own banned words and watch words. Flagged in orange so they're distinct from other issues. Lists persist across every session.

Your style, your rules

Side-by-side diff

See original vs. edited copy in a clean split view before committing to any changes.

Non-destructive editing

Chapter navigation

Detects Markdown headings and ALL CAPS chapter titles. Click to jump anywhere in a long manuscript instantly.

Long-form ready

Private by design

Runs in your browser. No server receives your text, no account required, nothing uploaded in the background. Your manuscript stays on your device.

Privacy first

Catches the things
you stop seeing

Mechanical
Double spaces
Space before punctuation
Repeated punctuation (!!, ??)
Unmatched quotes & parentheses
Consecutive duplicate words
Style
Passive voice constructions
Filler & hedge words (very, just, basically…)
Adverb overuse in paragraphs
Very long sentences (45+ words)
Repetition
Near-duplicate words within a sentence
Consecutive repeated words
Custom
Your banned words (severity 5)
Your watch words (severity 1)

Issues ranked by severity

Every issue gets a severity score from 1–5. Focus on what matters — filter by category, sort by severity, or work through in document order.

Check types16
Categories4
Severity levels1–5
Your custom words∞

Inkcheck is new.
Your feedback shapes it.

There are no user reviews to show yet. The editor is free to use — if a check misfires, or something reads wrong, say so at support@inkcheck.io or through the Feedback button in the editor.

Your manuscript never
leaves your machine

Runs in your browser. There's no server receiving your text, no account to create, no cloud sync happening in the background.

Nothing is uploaded in the background. Your manuscript stays on your device — always.

Free to start.
Powerful when you need it.

The core editor is free forever — no card, no account, no expiry. Inkcheck Pro unlocks features for writers who are serious about their next draft.

Free
$0
forever — no card needed
  • Quick & Standard scan
  • All 16 check types
  • Custom word lists
  • Export .txt & .doc
  • Chapter navigation
  • Editor's Report
  • Per-chapter issue breakdown
  • Manuscript Scorecard
  • Issue annotations
  • Issues CSV export
  • Document Snapshots
  • Compare drafts
  • Read aloud
Open editor free

No signup. Open and start immediately.

You open the whole manuscript, not a pasted excerpt — each free scan analyses up to 15,000 words of it, and you get 10 scans a month.

🔒 Payments processed securely by Stripe. Your manuscript text is never sent to any server — ever.

Worth knowing before you buy: your license and your snapshots live in this browser, so clearing site data removes them. Your key activates on up to 5 devices, and you can retrieve it by email any time.

Common questions

Does Inkcheck send my manuscript to a server? +

No. Inkcheck runs entirely in your browser. Your manuscript never leaves your machine — zero data is sent to any server, ever.

Do I need an account to use Inkcheck? +

No account needed. Open the editor and start working immediately — no sign-up, no login, no password.

What file formats does Inkcheck support? +

Inkcheck imports .txt, .md (Markdown), .pdf and .docx (Word) files. You can also paste text directly into the editor. Exports to .txt, .doc, and PDF are available.

Is Inkcheck free? +

Yes. The core editor with all 16 check types, custom word lists, and .txt / .doc export is free forever. Inkcheck Pro is a one-time $39 purchase — no subscription, nothing renews — and unlocks the printable Editor's Report, Compare Drafts, Manuscript Scorecard, issue annotations, CSV export, Document Snapshots, and Read Aloud, which uses your browser's built-in text-to-speech to read the manuscript back to you sentence by sentence. The Editor's Report also breaks the results down chapter by chapter — word count, issue count, and issues per 1,000 words for each — so you can see which chapters need the most work. It needs chapter headings it can recognise, and tells you when it can't find them.

For working writers & editors

The free tier is generous.
Inkcheck Pro is worth it.

If you're editing client manuscripts, the Editor's Report alone saves you an hour of note-taking per project. If you're on your third draft and losing track of changes, Snapshots and Compare Drafts pay for themselves on the first chapter.

Buy Inkcheck Pro — $39 once →

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