Authors review Marlowe, the Authors AI manuscript analysis tool
Why do authors like Marlowe, the AuthorsAI manuscript analysis tool? Authors at all levels say she helps them improve their book’s pacing, story beats and writing style, as well as helping them understand the success factors in their genre by providing ‘‘comps’’ — book comparisons based on linguistic style, subject matter and more.
The fiction-savvy bot uses the latest developments in A.I. technology to critique a novel in less than 15 minutes. She’s an unbiased beta reader, developmental editor and copy editor, created by Matthew Jockers, Ph.D., co-author of The Bestseller Code.
Here’s what Marlowe users say about her reports
“I ran AuthorsAi on my manuscript for In Every Mirror She’s Black & it helped me tremendously in removing repetitive words, adverbs, adjectives, and more. Fast forward one year, In Every Mirror became a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, Amazon Editor’s Pick, and more!”
Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, Bestselling author
“The AuthorAI pro analysis blew me away. It gave me bestseller comps that included three authors who had inspired me – very reassuring as a new author. It also gave me additional comps to use in marketing. Combined with the plot structure and pacing analysis, I found this a very worthwhile investment.”
E.Z. Prine, author
I sent my WIP (historical mystery) to Marlowe a few weeks ago. What an amazing experience! The report came back in about half an hour and was full of all sorts of great info. And I appreciate that suggestions were not only made, but possible solutions put forward also.
What an incredible resource. I shall definitely use her again in the future.
Andrea Jacka, historical mystery author
I really love this product. I’m new to fiction writing, but I use corpus-linguistic approaches at my job. So these reports really speak my language.
Ryan Rivers, cozy mystery author
“I really like the subject matter book comps, linguistic style comps & your distinctive voice, and comparable titles sections!”
Sara Rosett, cozy mystery author
I really like the subject matter book comps, linguistic style comps & your distinctive voice, and comparable titles sections! Those areas are such a unique aspect of Marlowe.
I’m still in the revision phase of my novel, but Marlowe’s content impressed my editor. She helped me tease out and identify the places in the middle of the novel to add and subtract content in relation to Marlowe’s beat analysis. This feels like a winning combination.
Sara Rosett, bestselling mystery author
I love the book comparisons, and how the narrative beats appear now. I think that’s so helpful in terms of structure.
Amy Boyles, bestselling cozy mystery author
I’m a holistic thinker and I like to see the full picture. The visual representation of my novel’s plot shape provided that and showed me the flow of what I’d written. Using the narrative beats, I matched the visual with the plot points in my novel, which helped me understand how I was writing. But comparing my manuscript to a bestseller book with the most similar plotline over mine blew me away. This aspect of the report gave me a snapshot of myself as a writer. And based on the bestseller book comparisons, it tickled me to see I am a true southern writer.
While I thought the highs and lows had good shape, I’m using the narrative beats report to tighten my rhythm. It highlights where to revise the turning points in the middle section of the novel. Until now, I’ve been a short story writer, so using Marlowe for my first novel has been a wonderful addition to my craft toolbox.
Dr. J., retired sex therapist turned erotica writer
Marlowe reports are fascinating and I find them helpful in terms of seeing the narrative beats and the shape of my latest novel-in-progress, along with pinpointing where the pacing can be tightened. It’s such a great tool.
I’m having a short story published in a magazine and was pleased to see yesterday that Marlowe was able to report on it, despite only being 14 pages.
Egan Hughes, psychological suspense author
Marlowe has become a wonderful addition to our fiction manuscript review process. Our human assessment paired with the AI analysis allows us to provide authors with a level of feedback they appreciate and gives us, as the potential publisher, a well of information.
Cortney Donelson, Associate Publisher, Fiction, Morgan James Publishing
“… if you haven’t run your manuscript through Marlowe, you don’t know what you are missing.”
James Rosone, military thriller author
… if you haven’t run your manuscript through Marlowe, you don’t know what you are missing. As writers, we are always striving to improve our craft, to get better at finding our tribe of readers who enjoy our works and allow us to make this a full-time career. As most writers can attest, this is a hard career to succeed in. With new tools like Authors AI Marlowe report, it doesn’t have to be as difficult or enigmatic as it once was. Technology is something we should embrace; it’s something we should use if it’ll make us better writers so we can succeed in achieving that dream of being a full-time author.
James Rosone, Military thriller author
AuthorsAI created Marlowe to point out emotional beats, character strengths and weaknesses and so much more. She’s helping me become a stronger writer! I was so happy that the way I always described my book – the comp I always used – was exactly what Marlowe gave me! I love her!
KerryAnn Lussier, YA author
… I sent my 200,000 word completed draft to their AI reader “Marlowe.” Within twenty minutes or less I received a 35-page report which compares what I’ve written to hundreds of best-sellers written over the last few years. It includes plot arc, action highs and lows, and more, including which words are used the most, something I was in the process of doing myself to check.
The coup de grace is seeing the comps of best-sellers that most likely resemble my style, etc. It was at first nerve wracking, imagining a complete diss on my words. But it wasn’t. The report was uplifting, even in the areas where I’m not up to snuff. I am so jazzed about what I received–and this is my first novel, at 75 years old. I took the weekend off to clean my house and can’t wait to get back to work seeing where artificial intelligence will improve my work. Highly recommend checking it out.
Heidi Cusick Dickerson, new author
Last year, Alessandra Torre appeared on my podcast, Mysterious Goings On, and kindly offered a code to try out Marlowe, which I did for my upcoming novel, Pilate’s Faith.
It exceeds my expectations on every level! I love the detail, which helps me make positive changes and affirm what I’m doing right. I’m going to use the comp data to tweak my marketing, too.
I am thrilled with it because I think (like most writers) you often don’t know if you’re on the right track. Marlowe is reassuring about the good stuff and extremely helpful about what needs work.
J. Alexander Greenwood, author of the John Pilate Mysteries
Time to try Marlowe for your latest work in progress?
Marlowe delivers her breakdown of your manuscript in a 32-page full-color report. It provides analysis across all the key components of a novel, including plot structure, story beats, pacing, cliches, grammar and the emotional temperature of your story. She also shows you how your book compares to four or more bestselling novels, so you can study comparable authors’ work and position your work in the marketplace. And unlike some writing tools, she delivers her analysis in a report that’s completely separate to your work, leaving you to make the decisions on what, if any, changes you make.
Get your first report FREE (usually $45) by heading here and entering code trymarlowe.
