{"slug": "make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai", "title": "Make your writing easier to read without AI", "summary": "Developer Drew G. has built Simplify Your Writing, an open-source tool that runs entirely in the browser to identify wordy phrases and suggest simpler alternatives, such as replacing 'due to the fact that' with 'because'. Unlike AI writing assistants, it does not rewrite text or change the user's voice, relying instead on a deterministic dictionary of phrase-to-replacement rules. The project is seeking contributors to expand its dictionary and improve the tool.", "body_md": "Good writing isn't about using more words. It's about making your point easy to understand.\n\nI built **Simplify Your Writing** to help with that.\n\nPaste in your writing and it finds wordy phrases that can be replaced with simpler, more concise alternatives.\n\n**Try it:** [https://simplify-your-writing.drewg2009.workers.dev/](https://simplify-your-writing.drewg2009.workers.dev/)\n\nFor example:\n\n`due to the fact that`\n\n→ `because`\n\n`in close proximity to`\n\n→ `near`\n\n`at this point in time`\n\n→ `now`\n\nRemoving unnecessary words makes writing **clearer, easier to scan, and easier to understand**.\n\nAnd unlike an AI writing assistant, it doesn't rewrite your work or change your voice. It only points out specific phrases that can be simplified, and you decide whether to change them.\n\nThere's also no AI involved.\n\nEverything runs in the browser using a dictionary of phrase → replacement rules. The suggestions are deterministic, transparent, and predictable.\n\nThe biggest limitation right now is the dictionary.\n\nThere are thousands of wordy phrases that could be added, and I'm looking for contributors to help build it.\n\nYou don't need to know JavaScript. If you can find a wordy phrase and suggest a shorter alternative that preserves the meaning, you can contribute.\n\nI'm especially interested in phrases from:\n\nDevelopers can also contribute to the matching engine, UI, tests, accessibility, and other parts of the project.\n\nThe goal is to build a useful **open-source tool for making writing clearer and easier to read**.\n\nI could see the project expanding to an api or library in the future but for now just expanding the dictionary and improving the tool will be great!\n\n**Try it:** [https://simplify-your-writing.drewg2009.workers.dev/](https://simplify-your-writing.drewg2009.workers.dev/)\n\n**GitHub:** [https://github.com/drewg2009/simplify-your-writing](https://github.com/drewg2009/simplify-your-writing)\n\nIf you find a phrase the tool should catch — or a suggestion that isn't quite right — open an issue or PR. I'd love the help.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/drew_gallagher_0785c86b20/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai-iag", "published_at": "2026-08-25 21:54:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 22:14:30.143955+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Simplify Your Writing", "Drew G.", "GitHub"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/make-your-writing-easier-to-read-without-ai.jsonld"}}