Lately I've been using it to get an approximation on how long it'll take to read my stuff, too. You can ignore when it says something has a simpler phrasing, that's almost always 100% wrong and/or ignores the context of the sentence. Sure, sometimes I want passive voice, but 99 times out of 100 I want active.

All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.' Just write, and enjoy the act of writing.

I think the most genuinely useful feature for me is the check for passive voice, though. From what the comments are saying it sounds like the editor trims your writing down, but for actual advice if just turn to hemingway himself: 'There is nothing to writing. It highlights and corrects grammar, sentence structure, and fluency. Users can access Hemingway Editor online. The Hemingway App is a self-editing tool that helps you improve your writing. It used to get all upsetti spaghetti with any given color word, but that got fixed so now it accepts that sometimes colors are nouns. Its a writing tool to help you fix a few common errors and become a better writer. It is a word processor and proofreading app that helps writers of all levels create simple, powerful and clear content. I find it also confuses some words with adverbs when they're actually adjectives. Granted that may have been fixed I started using it in its original configuration and now it's at version 3.something. I've gotten it to remove a red highlight and change to none ('very hard' to readable) just by swapping two words around (which changed the meaning of the sentence, so I didn't keep that change). sensitive about what's easy to read vs what's hard. If I can split them into two, three, four sentences, will that improve the pacing? What about the tone? Is this dialogue and the character just talks that way? Do I even need this sentence? Would it work better somewhere else? Would it work better as three paragraphs and some dialogue? Often times those sentences are info-dumps from my end. When you’re done writing, click on Edit, and the editing. Phrases with simpler alternatives are purple. The editing tools disappear, leaving a distraction-free writing space. Paste your text into to it and edit the highlighted things in your writing. Click on Write if you’d rather type directly into the app’s text window. I don't take it as gospel, but if it highlights a sentence I'll think about it and see if there's a different way to say what I want to say. Hemingway Editor Modes (Write/Edit) On the far right of the Hemingway Editor window, you’ll see the Write/Edit selector.

Hemingway editor