✍️ Apps for Writers

A collection of focused, zero-friction tools for writers and editors.
This is a suite of small, single-purpose, portable utilities designed to help writers write better, edit faster, and think clearly — all without bloated software or AI noise.

📌 Each tool lives in its own folder with a dedicated README, and runs locally with minimal setup.

📦 Available Tools

🧠 Phrase Checker

Detect repeated phrases across your manuscript to eliminate copy/paste mistakes, redundancy, echo, and filler.
Designed for authors, editors, and content creators.

• Tokenizes your .txt export into n-word windows
• Outputs human-readable logs with line numbers
• Automatically builds ignore/whitelist lists
• Runs instantly on any size manuscript

➡️ View Phrase Checker README

💡 Planned or In-Progress Tools

Feel free to fork this repo or submit your own writer-focused tools.

• Paragraph Duplicate Finder – find full repeated blocks
• Sentence Rhythm Analyzer – for varying structure & length
• Manuscript Linter – spot adverbs, passive voice, vague verbs
• Scene Wordcount Visualizer – for narrative pacing

🔧 Requirements

Each tool specifies its own requirements (usually just Python).
All are:
- Offline
- Portable
- Zero install (no pip, no node, no setup.py unless absolutely needed)

🧠 Why This Repo Exists

Most “writing tools” today are overloaded, expensive, and opinionated.
This repo is for:
- Writers who edit their own work
- Editors who want precision tooling
- Coders who write
- Writers who code

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Each tool should:
- Live in its own folder
- Include README.md, LICENSE, and example input if applicable
- Be cross-platform and minimal

📘 License

Each tool is licensed individually — most default to MIT.

❤️ Author

Created by [Your Name Here] — because clear writing is clear thinking, and tools should stay out of your way.