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by dtagames 1275 days ago
It's possible that a tool could help you improve an individual piece of writing. Even ChatGPT can probably do that. But you probably would like to improve your ability overall, rather than just fix some writing you've already done.

To achieve that will probably take a human being looking at examples of your writing and telling you what went wrong. Usually, there is some kind of mistake you will be making again and again. If it's a grammar problem, you need to have someone teach you the rules in way that you can apply consistently to every new sentence. And I don't mean all the rules because obviously you know lots of them. But you probably need a human to hammer in the ones that you're having problems with.

Even more likely than grammar is that you might be having problems conveying your meaning in a concise and compelling way. This is an art as much as a science and will also probably take human tutoring to improve. I love writing[0] myself and I'm elated to see that you want to improve. If it would be of help to you, contact me at the info in my profile and I'd be happy to read a few of your things and spend some time on a Zoom call helping you out, gratis.

[0] https://medium.com/@mimixco

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Oh wow! Thank you so much for the offer. Will be reaching out for sure! I just posted in one of the above threads my original input (here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34034355) -- I'd love to have your review there!
Happy to do it. Email me and we'll setup a Zoom call. It's easier to give this kind of feedback face-to-face rather than to write it. :-)