Feedback
What do you like or dislike about the new Author Dashboard and Marlowe 3.0? We are constantly updating the user experience based on feedback from fellow authors. Please fill out this short feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s9cqbGeaL6654yNcNzuQjKQdRook4lDgaVXLiS8izF0/preview Or, if that’s too much hassle, just email us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! — Alessandra, JD
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Author voice & prose style
Overview Author voice refers to the combination of tone, word choice, syntax, punctuation, and rhythm that creates a recognizable style in a writer’s work. It reflects the author’s personality and perspective, influencing how stories are told and how readers perceive them. Key elements of an author’s voice include: A well-defined author voice is essential for
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Points of concern
Overview In Marlowe Pro, our AI will analyze the story and spotlight areas of the manuscript that could be refined to increase clarity, resolve inconsistencies, and avoid scenes that seem forced or out of place. It will also review the work for any potential issues that might warrant a trigger warning or reader advisory. Upgrade
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Key recommendations
Overview As part of a Marlowe Pro analysis, Marlowe will make a bottom-line recommendation of suggested changes in the plotline, characters, writing, pacing, or other elements of your story in a simple list. UPGRADE NOW
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Theme analysis
Overview In Marlowe Pro, our AI will analyze the primary and secondary themes found in your work and how it evolves through the narrative as the plot unfolds, particularly with respect to the major characters’ actions. Marlowe will also provide actionable ideas for additional action beats that would enhance the main themes. Upgrade to Marlowe
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Setting & world-building
Overview In the Marlowe Pro tier, our AI will analyze the main settings found in your work and assess whether the depictions of the settings and the world-building were handled effectively. Placement is also a key consideration. Does the world-building delay the action at the beginning of the story? Could some of the setting be
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Conflict & emotional shifts
Overview Conflict — both external and internal — is central to effective storytelling. Our AI will analyze the main sources of conflict in your novel and assess whether the conflict is sufficiently strong, sustained, and central to the story. It will also look at how effectively the story makes use of narrative drive and its
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Overall assessment
Overview Marlowe Pro subscribers receive our AI’s overall assessment of your manuscript and its advice on how to make your story ready for the marketplace. This section summarizes the novel’s strengths as well as its weaknesses and offers a set of recommended revisions to bolster the story.
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Title {marlowe_title} Author {marlowe_author} Length {marlowe_word_count} words Date run {marlowe_date_run} Overview Authors A.I. has one mission: to help fiction authors write books that readers will love. With that goal in mind, we created Marlowe, an artificial intelligence with a deep knowledge of fiction and bestselling titles. Marlowe is a beta reader, critique partner, developmental editor,
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Readability and sentence stats
📌 Sentence length {marlowe_title} contains roughly {marlowe_word_count} words and {marlowe_sentence_count} sentences. The average length of a sentence in {marlowe_title} is {marlowe_average_sentence_length} words. (For a graph comparing your word count to that of bestsellers in your genre, see the Get started section.) The histogram above shows how sentence lengths are distributed in your novel. The highlighted
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Story structure
Overview If you find that you’re struggling with completing or organizing your story, you may want to take a deep dive into story structure. Story structure provides a framework that helps writers create engaging plots and more enhanced character development. By outlining key turning points and plot developments, you can ensure that your narrative maintains
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Get started
Welcome, fellow authors! Welcome! After countless hours of brainstorming, researching, outlining (or not), writing, and rewriting, you’ve completed the most recent draft of your novel. Or you’re well on your way. Either way, congratulations! Read below for your story’s word count and where your story may fit in your genre. Then skip to sections of
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