Novel checker

Check your novel section by section, without one risky rewrite pass.

Work through the manuscript in reviewable sections. Dainty catches clear mechanics, grammar, and dialogue issues while you stay in control of every accepted change.

No card. Review every change before it touches your draft.

Fiction proofMore examples

Before

Nora crossed the room, the letters was still warm in her hand.

After

Nora crossed the room. The letters were still warm in her hand.

Focused can repair a clear boundary and agreement problem when the intent is obvious.

Proofreading target

What it catches, and what it leaves alone

Dainty is built for useful fiction proofreading, not maximum suggestion count.

What Dainty catches

  • Mechanical errors across chapter sections
  • Clear agreement and sentence-boundary problems
  • Dialogue punctuation slips
  • Typos and apostrophe mistakes in long drafts

What Dainty leaves alone

  • Character voice
  • Sentence rhythm
  • Deliberate fragments
  • Stylized roughness that belongs to the scene

Tool choice

Why not use a rewrite-heavy editor?

A novel depends on accumulated voice and scene texture. Dainty keeps the proofreading pass narrow and reviewable instead of replacing the way the book sounds.

Proofreading depth

Choose the pass your draft needs

Gentle

Safest cleanup for typos, punctuation slips, and clear local errors.

Focused

Deeper local proofreading for dialogue punctuation, sentence boundaries, and grammar when the fix is clear.

Rigorous

Clarity and continuity notes for confusing references, ambiguity, and small continuity slips.

Before you paste

Questions writers ask before trying Dainty

What does Dainty actually change?

Dainty fixes typos, punctuation, grammar, dialogue punctuation, and broken sentence boundaries. Focused goes deeper on local proofreading fixes, and Rigorous adds review notes for unclear references and small continuity slips.

What does Dainty leave alone?

It is designed to preserve sentence rhythm, pacing, fragments, dialogue quirks, and other deliberate fiction choices unless there is a genuine error to fix.

Do I need an account before I can proofread?

Yes. Proofreading stays behind account creation so your quota, verification state, and purchased word packs can be managed safely.

Paste a real passage and see what Dainty catches.

Start with the free proofread, review every change, and keep only the fixes that belong in your draft.