Describe your changes
Could your text use a different tone? What about changing the first-person point of view to third-person? Or, what if you want to add a joke to a paragraph?
With our new Custom Rewrite tool, Hemingway Editor Plus can make those changes for you. All you have to do is describe the alteration and let us handle the hard work.
Make your first Custom Rewrite
Making bespoke changes is fast and easy:
- Select the portion of text you'd like to alter. It can be a sentence fragment or your entire document.
- When the floating toolbar pops up, describe the change you want and hit Enter. For example, "make it funnier" or "insert a metaphor." Hemingway Editor Plus will edit the selected text according to your instructions.
- If needed, click "Get another suggestion" to try a different rewrite.
- Click "Use suggestion" to add the rewrite to your document.
Tips for using Custom Rewrite
Prompting AI systems can be an art form, but a few easy tips can get you pro-level results:
- Be as clear and direct as you can. Short, simple instructions like "make this text happier" or "remove all gendered language" tend to work best.
- Try not to include too many instructions at one time. It may work better to break them up into different requests.
- The AI won't always respond at the exact grade level you specify, but it often gets close. Try our Simplify button instead for the best results.
- Don't forget to try another suggestion. For difficult prompts, give the Custom Rewrite tool a few tries and then pick your favorite.
- If you notice a common error in your rewrites, try rephrasing your request. It may help to add another instruction, like "write in active voice."