Guides to writing that sounds like you

If a client, an editor or a reader has said your writing sounds like AI, the useful question is not “did a machine write this?” It is “which sentence made them stop hearing a person?” These guides answer that question in order, from the line on the page to the voice behind it.

Nine short guides · Updated 21 October 2026

Start with the sentence

Most people try to fix a whole draft at once. It is easier to find the few sentences that carry the mark. The first guide shows what those sentences look like in ordinary work: the wind-up before the point, the balanced contrast that says nothing, the adjective standing where a fact should be.

Then fix the shape, not just the words

Swapping “robust” for “strong” rarely helps if the sentence still has the same architecture. The rewrite guide works at the level of the sentence: put the person back at the front, cut the throat-clearing, use one concrete detail, and let the paragraph end without a summary of itself.

Check the limits before you trust a score

A checker can point at a pattern. It cannot tell you who wrote the text. That distinction matters if you are a student facing a detector percentage, a teacher reading a batch of papers, or a writer whose client ran your draft through a tool and did not like the number. The page below explains the rule set and its blind spots in plain language.

How warmprose works, and what it does not do — the rules, the free limit, and why we do not score authorship.

What readers actually say

We also read the places where people describe this feeling in their own words: r/ApplyingToCollege, r/Professors, r/WritingWithAI and smaller writing communities. The field notes below collect the complaints that repeat, with the sub they came from. Start with the overview, then go to the group closest to your work.

Try the free word checker

If you want a quick, private pass before reading a longer guide, paste a paragraph into the AI word checker. It counts the words and phrases on our short list, shows why each one reads flat, and never sends the text to a server.

For your work

If you already know which kind of writing is in front of you, start with the page that matches the brief:

A short route through the library

1. Paste one paragraph. Use the free checker on a piece you are unsure about. Do not start with the whole document; start with the part that feels flat.
2. Name the mark. Read the flagged sentence and the reason. If the reason is “wind-up” or “balanced contrast”, you can usually cut the phrase and keep the meaning.
3. Rewrite the shape. If cutting is not enough, use the rewrite guide. Keep one concrete detail and one sentence that only you would write.
4. Read it aloud. The ear catches the rhythm a checklist misses. If every sentence takes the same breath, change one.

What this library is not

It is not a detector, and it will not tell you whether a text was generated. It is a set of editing habits for people who want the writing to sound like a person wrote it — specifically, like the person who did. The free check does not store your text; the paid rewrite is there if you want the first pass done for you.

If you only have time for one page, read Does my writing sound like AI?. If you already know the sentence you want to fix, go straight to How to make AI text sound human.