Screenwriting : Grammarly by Steven Gibson

I worked as an editor for years, not on scripts, but on academic books. I now write for a living, with a partner, and we often edit each other – copyediting and editing of substance, word choice etc.

Grammarly is pretty good, but even the spellcheck in MSWord will flag a lot of typos for you, although it won't catch there/their or principal/principle errors. My problem with machine editing, whether MSWord or something like Grammarly, is that it tends to generically good language.

Especially in scripts, you are going for tone and pace, not generic business English. It is not uncommon to use incomplete sentences in scripts, or descriptive sentences that lack verbs. Stuff that Grammarly doesn't like. So go for it, but use it judiciously.

I use Grammarly mostly to pick up dropped letters and when I get wrong letter order (Dyslexic). Good tool.

Only the description because dialogue is too eclectic and mostly not grammatically correct.

I use Grammarly for social media but not for screenplays. Grammarly is good but it has its limits and will not pick up everything and therefore cannot be relied upon when telling a story. I proof and edit my own material and for my clients as well and have never received any complaints.

Barry John Terblanche I'm a foreigner actually ;)

I haven't used it, but was looking for something to edit with. I got told about http://www.hemingwayapp.com Hemingway, but no idea whether it is any good.

I tried using Grammarly on my typewriter... turns out the subscription sends you a private tutor who used to be your high school English teacher and smacks your hand with a ruler anytime you make a mistake. Pretty neat service I'd say.

I use writerduet.com its amazing. Spellchecker is embedded

Barry John Terblanche Happy to oblige hahaha

Sarah Gabrielle Baron I used WD as well on my iPad. I thought t was my iPad doing it. WD team have a new sharing function coming. I am on the beta. It is good. You should ask for an early release version.