Story Analyzer

Get custom feedback on your story's strengths, weaknesses, and areas to improve with ProWritingAid's Critique Report.

Get a comprehensive story critique in seconds

Finding a critique partner can be hard. Our Critique Report gives on-demand developmental critiques of your chapter, using AI.

Custom feedback about your story’s strengths and weaknesses

Learn where your story shines and how you can make it stronger with personalized, chapter-level feedback on your plot, characters, setting, and more.

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Actionable tips for improving your story

Get clear, easy-to-follow advice for how to make your plot, characters, world, and narrative more compelling.

Your always-on writing partner

Our Critique Report delivers comprehensive developmental feedback in seconds at any time, day or night.

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How to analyze your story

Add your text

Add between 500 and 4,000 words of text to critique.

Run the report

Click the Critique button in the Reports header, and run the Critique Report.

Review your custom Critique

Review chapter-level feedback on your plot, characters, setting, and more.

Get feedback on all aspects of your story

The Critique Report looks at your story from different angles and gives you clear suggestions on key elements, such as:

Strengths

What you’re doing well in your writing.

Plot / Story

How well your narrative flows and any obvious plot development areas.

Characters

How well your characters are developed.

Setting

How detailed your scene descriptions are and if you could add more details.

Tension

How much conflict is in your writing and how engaging it is for a reader.

Pacing

How quickly or slowly your narrative moves and any possible improvements.

Style / Voice

Verify how authentic your writing sounds throughout the story.

Dialogue

Discover how authentic your characters sound in their dialogue.

Improvements

A summary of potential improvements to make your story stronger.

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The critique worked fast and surprised me with the many angles it looks at for the report. The feedback given is brilliant. I love it!!!

Excellent. Fast and comprehensive in its analysis of the text. The feedback was spot on. I like how the review is broken down into sections.

The report feedback is impressive; it provided lots of praise and made me more confident in my writing. The "potential improvements" was a surprise and has provided something to think about.

Story Analyzer FAQs

What is ProWritingAid?

ProWritingAid is a grammar checker and writing coach all in one helpful tool.

When you sign up for a ProWritingAid account, you get access to advanced grammar and spelling checks, style suggestions, and 25+ other reports designed to perfect your writing.

You also get access to AI features that help you develop and express your ideas more clearly.

How do I analyze my story?

To analyze your story, you need to use ProWritingAid's Critique Report. Paste a chapter into the editor and click the Critique button in the Reports header to run it.

How can I get the Critique Report?

The Critique Report is available in ProWritingAid's Premium plans. Visit our pricing page to learn more.

Where can I use the Critique Report?

The Critique Report is a new feature that is currently available in our Web Editor.

Will the Critique Report store my data?

Your data is safe with us. We don't feed your text into the AI that generates the Critique Report, and we don't use your text to train any of our algorithms.

How does the Critique Report use AI?

Critique Report is an AI-powered tool that offers on-demand developmental critique to writers. It does this by analyzing your text using AI that has been trained to give critiques as though it is a developmental editor.

Does the Critique Report work for any type of document?

Yes, the Critique Report supports other document types, and the sections of the report may vary based on the document type you select. However, you may find the most value when using it for creative writing.

Is the Critique Report designed to replace human editors?

The Critique Report is not meant to replace a human developmental editor or beta reader. Its purpose is to offer immediate feedback, so you can see how well your writing is coming along before you reach out to beta readers and editors.