adam_b_long

OK OK I fixed it ;)

We're definitely planning on some form of Chrome add-on. That would be awesome. Thanks for using Hemingway!

We use the Automated Readability Index: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Readability_Index

You're right that short, declarative sentences aren't always better. But, our goal in building this tool was to just provide a few simple algorithms for catching things that you might miss after staring at a piece of writing for too long.

That's right. We're using ARI, mainly because it's a much simpler algorithm since it doesn't require identifying syllables. As you can see in the code, my programming skills are pretty weak, so ARI was an easy choice. This was my first non-trivial programming effort (I'm a marketer/product manager, not an engineer).

Hey guys, my name is Adam Long and my brother and I created Hemingway a few months ago!

Loving the comments here. As many of you pointed out, rules are meant to be broken. Our goal was to fix a simple problem: when you're looking at your own writing for too long, you start missing the simple, obvious errors.

You can follow me on Twitter @Adam_B_Long if you're interested in chatting about Hemingway with me.