Manuscript Editor

Your prose,
unflinchingly edited.

Catches what spell check misses.

Flags passive voice, filler, repetition, and broken punctuation. You decide what to fix. Nothing gets rewritten without your say.

No suggestions. No rewrites. No second-guessing your voice.

Edit your manuscript — free See what it catches
inkcheck — manuscript.txt

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

11 check types
Works offline — no internet required
Imports .txt · .md · .pdf
Zero data sent to any server

Built for writers
who mean it

✍️

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.

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Editors

Load a client's manuscript, run an analysis, generate a printed report. Every issue logged, categorised, ready to discuss. The first pass done in minutes.

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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.

How it
works

No setup. No account. Open the editor, drop in your manuscript, and go.

01

Load your manuscript

Drop in a .txt, .md, or .pdf — or paste directly. Nothing leaves your machine.

02

Run the analysis

Choose Quick (mechanical fixes only) or Standard (full prose check). Issues ranked by severity, highlighted inline.

03

Fix, approve, export

Work through issues at your own pace. Approve fixes individually or in bulk. Export as .txt, .doc, or PDF.

Everything an editor
actually needs

Built for real editorial workflows — not just grammar checking.

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Deep prose analysis

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

Quick + Standard scan
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Editor's Report

Generate a polished, printable report with manuscript stats, issue breakdown by category, and a personal note to the author.

Pro feature
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Custom word lists

Add your own banned words (severity 5, orange) and watch words (low-severity). Lists persist across every session.

Your style, your rules
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Side-by-side diff

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

Non-destructive editing
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Chapter navigation

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

Long-form ready
✈️

Works offline

A single HTML file. No server, no account, no internet required after first load. Your manuscript stays on your machine.

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 most — filter by category, sort by severity, or work through in document order.

Check types 11
Categories 4
Severity levels 1–5
Your custom words

"I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published."

— Vladimir Nabokov

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Your manuscript never
leaves your machine

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

It's a single HTML file. You can save it to your desktop and use it with no internet connection at all.

Start free.
Upgrade when ready.

The core editor is free forever. Pro and Editor tiers unlock power features for working writers and professional editors.

Free
$0
forever
  • Quick & Standard scan
  • All 11 check types
  • Custom word lists
  • Export .txt & .doc
  • Chapter navigation
  • Focus & diff mode
  • Editor's Report
  • Issues CSV export
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Pro
$9
per month
  • Everything in Free
  • Issues CSV export
  • Editor's Report
  • Priority support
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is waiting.

No signup. No install. Open the editor and see what you've been missing.

Edit your manuscript — free