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Passive voice distances readers from the action. Find every instance in your manuscript — instantly, without sending a single word to any server.
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Before & After
Inkcheck highlights every passive construction inline. Here's what it catches and the kind of rewrite that brings the sentence to life.
The core passive pattern. Inkcheck catches every variation — was told, were seen, had been taken, will be forgotten.
Sentences where the actor is buried in a "by" phrase or cut entirely — a red flag for weak scene work.
Multiple passive layers in one sentence that create distance between the reader and the action on the page.
Inkcheck knows that some passive constructions in fiction are intentional. It flags — it never auto-corrects. You stay in control.
How It Works
No uploads. No waiting room. No account wall. Paste your draft and get results while the page is still warm.
Drop in a chapter, a scene, or your full novel draft. Inkcheck handles .txt, .md, and .pdf — or paste directly into the editor.
Every passive construction is highlighted inline, alongside flags for clichés, filler words, repeated phrases, and more.
Click any flag to see context and a suggested rewrite. Accept it or dismiss it — then export a clean .txt or .doc when you're done.
Why Inkcheck
Most passive voice checkers were built for business emails and essays. Inkcheck was built for novelists who know that sometimes passive is the right call — and need a tool that trusts them.
Inkcheck flags passive voice without lecturing. It understands literary context and surfaces issues for your review — not a machine rewrite.
Your manuscript runs entirely in your browser. No API call. No company receives your prose. Your words never leave your machine.
Open the editor and run your first analysis in under a minute. No email address required. No payment to unlock the passive voice checker.
Paste your entire 80,000-word manuscript. Inkcheck doesn't truncate your draft or make you work scene by scene.
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