How is this different from the Story Rater?

The Checker flags specific lines and quotes the exact excerpt with a one-line fix — it's a hands-on line edit. The Rater scores the whole piece 1–10 with sub-scores for prose, character, plot, originality, emotion, and dialogue. Use Checker to polish a draft, Rater to judge whether it's finished.

Does it rewrite my story?

No. The Checker surfaces issues and suggests one-line alternatives you can choose to adopt, adapt, or ignore. Your draft stays yours — the tool edits nothing. Think of it as a sharp reader's margin notes, not a co-author.

Can it check a whole novel?

No — the input cap is around 10,000 characters, roughly 1,500–2,000 words, which fits a chapter or a short story. For longer work, paste a chapter at a time. The feedback gets sharper when it's focused on a single unit of the story anyway.

Does it understand my style?

It respects deliberate choices — sentence fragments for rhythm, dialect spelling, present tense, close third-person intrusion. The checker only flags patterns that look like genuine errors rather than style. If it misreads an intentional choice, trust your instinct and move on.

Yes — 2 tool runs per visitor per day, shared across all Storgy tools. The counter resets every 24 hours. No account required, no credit card, no catch. Registered users get a slightly higher daily allowance.

Each check is saved at a URL with an unguessable short ID, but the page is publicly reachable if someone has the link. Don't paste sensitive, unpublished work you want fully private — treat the permalink like an unlisted document.

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Story CheckerHonest line edits for your prose

Paste a story or chapter and get concrete, line-level fixes — grammar, weak sentences, show-vs-tell, pacing, POV slips, and dialogue. Built for writers who want a second opinion, not a rewrite.

Categories checked: 7
Avg check time: ~12s
Free per day: 2 runs

What you'll get back

01 · Output

Overall verdict

A two-sentence read on where your draft stands — the dominant strength and the single most fixable weakness.

Strong voice and vivid setting detail throughout; the mid-scene pacing stalls in the café exchange — trim the back-and-forth to tighten tension.

02 · Output

Grammar & spelling

Punctuation errors, agreement issues, and typos — quoted by excerpt with a one-line correction you can apply immediately.

Excerpt /'She laid on the bed' → 'lay'; past tense of lie, not lay. Lay takes an object; lie does not.

03 · Output

Weak sentences

Passive constructions, wordy phrases, and clunky syntax — each flagged with a tighter rewrite to consider.

Excerpt /'It was decided by the committee that the meeting would be postponed' → 'The committee postponed the meeting.'

04 · Output

Show-don't-tell

Emotions or traits stated outright when a small scene or gesture would do the work — flagged with a concrete suggestion.

Excerpt /'She was nervous' — show it: 'She folded and unfolded the napkin three times before the waiter arrived.'

05 · Output

Pacing & flow

Passages that drag or jump too fast — noted with why the rhythm breaks and where to add or cut.

Excerpt /Three consecutive summary paragraphs compress two weeks into a page — consider one scene to anchor the time jump.

06 · Output

POV & tense

Head-hopping, unintentional tense shifts, or POV slips that break the reader's immersion.

Excerpt /Mid-scene shift from Marcus's POV into Lena's interiority — decide whose scene this is and stay in one head.

07 · Output

Dialogue

Said-bookisms, clunky beats, punctuation errors inside tags — each flagged with a cleaner alternative.

Excerpt /"I can't believe you did that," she hissed angrily. → drop 'angrily'; hissed implies it. Or use 'said' and trust the line.

How it works

Paste your draft
A chapter or short story works best — the checker quotes exact excerpts so you can find each issue in your file.
Sonnet 4.6 line-edits it
A prose-editor prompt + structured schema returns seven categories: grammar, weak sentences, pacing, show-vs-tell, POV, dialogue, and strengths.
Fix and re-check
Each check is saved to a permanent URL. Iterate on a chapter without losing your prior notes.

7 categories checked

Grammar & spelling
Weak sentences
Pacing & flow
Show-don't-tell
POV & tense
Dialogue
Strengths

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