The WritersDiet Test
Is your writing flabby or fit? Enter a writing sample of 100 to 1000 words and click Run the test
.
- Basic
- Advanced
Run the test!
The test automatically excludes in-text citations and all other parenthetical text. Tick this box if you want items inside parentheses to be included in the word count.
The test automatically includes all text in single quotes. Tick this box if you want items inside single quotation marks to be excluded from the word count.
The test automatically includes all text in double quotes. Tick this box if you want items inside double quotation marks to be excluded from the word count.
If you use certain keywords frequently (e.g. education
,
organization
), you can exclude them from the word count by
typing them into the text box.
Wildcards can be used:
- * stands for any letters (so
*tion
means any word ending intion
), - ? for a single letter (so
w??sh
means any five letter word starting withw
and ending insh
), and - [abc] for letters listed between
brackets (so
organi[sz]ation
matches both British and American spelling).
Please note that you may need to re-specify the excluded words when you test a new sample.