My process is:
1. Raw Draft: I write in MS Word - with spell check on. I keep one word file for each chapter.
2. Read it once/ Here I am trying to get rid of errors but also be more descriptive.
3. Put it into Grammarly - Correct about 120+ errors. A lot of comma placement, sloppy spacing, etc.
4. Put it into the Email editor here on this site. my browser highlights stuff in red, blue and strangely it takes out all the weird paragraphing that Word insists on doing. Word indents some paragraphs, others it doesn't. It spaces some paragraphs out and others it doesn't. This rinsing process gets rid of that garbage.
5. Read it again. Make more manual corrections, embellish/fine tune. Here I am prepping a final draft.
6. Put it into "Writer" which is a Ms Word knock off. I do this because MS Word has all sorts of hidden codes when it makes HTML
7. Save it as a HTML file to upload.
8. Read it again on the website. I do not know what but seeing it on the site really makes it easier for me to spot the errors. I'll make more corrections if necessary and re-upload.
What I am looking for is one more tool. I would love something like ChatGPT but it won't touch an erotic story.
Grammarly does a little word choice, but not much. What I want is something that scans for frequent words like "However"
Example:
I have a tendency to use "However" a lot. When I am reading my story I will often not notice that I said However a few paragraphs earlier and I did it again. What I want is for a tool that can easily highlight that stuff, and preferably even re-word it for me using appropriate grammar. Pro-Writing Aid calls those "Echoes" due to how frequently you hear the same thing.
It might also recognize that there were three paragraphs or sentences that all began with the same word. I am looking for the ability to fine tune my writing without changing the context.
Is there an affordable tool out there that you can recommend? Preferably with the ease of use of a Grammarly or MS Word tool, and even better an AI like ChatGPT that tolerates NSFW stories.
I have "ProwritingAid" which can highlight these things but for the life of me I can't figure out how to automatically move to the next issue and correct it. It's just a lot of reports.