AI Nonfiction Writing Evaluator
This new Racket Publishing subscriber benefit assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the words on a page.
If the 2025 study on AI and writing proved anything, it's that scribes are decidedly split on how to use these powerful chatbots for their research and prose. I understand the resistance, but it's foolish and even dangerous to ignore these tools. Use AI, but responsibly. Like any new technology, it is neither good nor bad nor neutral.
Against that backdrop, the latest Racket Publishing subscriber benefit is a bespoke writing evaluation tool. It stems from my desire to read blog posts and newsletters with valuable content muddied by their authors' mediocre or downright awful prose.
Uses
At a high level, you can use the Racket Article Evaluation & Rewrite Tool in two main ways.
Self-Assessments
The Claude Artifact evaluates text pasted into a webpage tab. (Again, it need not be yours.) It then:
- Assigns the writing a rating between one and ten.
- Finds the strengths and weaknesses in its writing.
- In a separate tab, it creates a stronger version than the original.
That's it. Technically you can use it on any genre you like. Just remember that I specifically built it to analyze nonfiction text. You'll get the best results if you keep that in mind, but you don't have to use it only on the words you've written or are thinking about writing.
Author Comparisons: What Makes Others' Writing So Strong?
Why have Author X's books, articles, and social media posts resonated so strongly with you? Why have you experienced PTSD when reading anything from Author Y? One post is more effective than another, but why is that?
Use the Racket Article Evaluation & Rewrite Tool to ask and answer these kinds questions. Maybe you gravitate more towards Scott Galloway and other provocative scribes. Perhaps the more measured approach of Jane Friedman is your particular cup of tea.
Methodology and Screenshots
I custom-trained this AI chatbot over the last few weeks. It reflects a bevy of examples of both quality and subpar nonfiction writing. (I'll keep the names of the counterexamples to myself.) Using it will help you avoid common and not-so-common writing mistakes.
These screenshots display how the evaluation tool works. Navigate back and forth by using the arrows.
