Writing Pattern Assessment

About This Assessment

Keystroke logging research shows a gap. What writers think they do and what they really do are often quite different.

We tend to underestimate time spent re-reading old text. We also miss how often we delete and rewrite lines. And we rarely notice how long we pause before new paragraphs.

We tend to overestimate how much new text we write per session. We also misjudge how linear our process is. And we often think our edits work better than they do.

This tool will help us spot our real patterns. It uses focused questions about habits we can observe in our own writing.