How to play
- Paste in a short passage you love (or use the Woolf example).
- Choose a timer and hit Start memorization. Read the original until the time runs out (or click I'm ready now).
- When the text blurs, write it from memory in the right-hand box.
- Click Compare & score to see where your rewrite diverged from the original: missing words and punctuation are highlighted on the left, extra words and punctuation on the right.
The point is not to see, very precisely, how your instincts differ from the writer’s. Treat Woolf as your line editor. Read more about sedulous aping here.
Timer idle
· Original Passage
Paste a sentence or short paragraph you’d like to ape. You’ll get a timed look at it before it blurs.
Copying is disabled.
· Your Version
Once the original blurs, write it from memory. When you’re done, click compare to see how closely you matched.
· Correction & reflection
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Ape score will appear here.
Missing words and punctuation are highlighted on the left; extra
words and punctuation on the right. Matching tokens stay plain.