Eugen Esanu

Shosho - An editor to remove the clutter from your writing.

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Shosho is a writing, editing and collaboration tool that focuses on cutting the clutter from your writing. It allows you to share your stories with others, improve your writing by removing fillers, cliches, adverbs, and simplifying complex words.

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Ben Gubler
This looks great! A few ideas: 1) A "View" mode would be awesome, alongside the "Edit" and "Write" modes 2) It would be awesome to be able to disregard suggestions (i.e. if a certain one doesn't match your writing style or the tone of the piece)
Eugen Esanu
@ben_gubler thank you Ben! We're already working on point 2. And what do you mean by "View" mode? Something like a present mode? If you could share more details, that would help
Ben Gubler
@esanueugen yes, something like a present mode or the view mode on Google Docs. Essentially, a mode with editing + writing disabled (so no chance of accidental edits). Also btw you can't click and drag on the scrollbar starting at about halfway down the page, looks like the editing boxes are overlapping it.
Eugen Esanu
@ben_gubler Got it, thank you! We already have something similar on our roadmap
Cristina Crucianu
I've been looking for something like this for some time now. I am a heavy Grammarly users but I needed something more specific and I think this solves my pain!
Eugen Esanu
@cristina_crucianu Thank you Cristina! Much appreciated :) Soon we will add grammar and spellchecking too. Once we are done with Beta, grammar should come And many more collaboration features :P
deja vuu
What did you use for your WYSIWG editor? Love it!
Eugen Esanu
@deja_vuu Thank you! We used Draft.js
Saradhi
@esanueugen Congratulations on the launch! The app looks impressive. Looking forward to the launch of new features.
Eugen Esanu
@saradhi241995 Thank you! :)
JaneManthorpe
Great tool @esanueugen been testing it out. I have a few suggestions: 1) I need to be able to save the document/article once loaded on the app, so I don't loose the editing. I lost the first attempt since I left the app and came back to it, the article had disappeared and I had to start again. 2) the suggestions of editing hover over the text, so I cannot rewrite it. Very awkward to edit, I had to start writing before the highlighted text and then rewrite it. Still testing it out and will come back with other suggestions. Where is the best place to send the feedback? Here or selecting the "feedback" button on the app. It looks like that is used for support rather than giving feedback.
Eugen Esanu
@janemanthorpe hey Jane! Thank you for your feedback. Could you please send it to me directly on eugen@shosho.co 1) It's weird that your story disappeared. All stories autosave after 3 seconds. Could you please send me the text you had there and more details on what exactly happened? We will take a look at it. Still in Beta, bugs like this may appear :P sorry for the inconvenience 2) This is a bit harder for us to balance because that's the point of the Edit Mode. You either edit with our suggestions or highlight the text yourself and replace it. But I will add it to the list and see if we can find a solution for that The "feedback" button is for both :)
JaneManthorpe
@shosho @esanueugen Cheers, I replied via email to you, and many thanks for a quick response back.
Henry Dobson
Looks cool. Signed up already, let's see how it plays out. I'm currently using INK, it's great for SEO but doesn't help you with making your writing richer.
Eugen Esanu
@henry_dobson thank you Henry! We just launched, so we will keep improving the tool with more focused features. If you will have any feedback/issues, send it to me at eugen(at)shosho.co
Minas Marios Kontis
It's a nice concept, to speak less and with more substance. However, the return to simpler words doesn't make the speaking also poorer?
Eugen Esanu
@mmkontis Depends :) I hate the gibberish when I read something like "In my opinion I beleive that", "It's very important to remember that", "With all due respect". All of this nonsense kills a brain cell every time I read one. So I decided to make something that will remove them The app is not something you should follow religiously. Look at it as guidance, and decide by yourself what's important. In writing you don't need the empty words (except if you write dialogue), but when you speak, you can use them. Otherwise you will sound like a robot
Alex Hales
Recommend it to try. Cool idea and mix of Grammarly and HemingwayApp
Eugen Esanu
@oneandonly_alexhales Thank you Alex! Funny that we don't have anything from Grammarly yet :P we will add some grammar stuff later
Jason Roy
Congratulation with the launch! The only question : why it is called Shosho?
Eugen Esanu
@royjason thank you! I thought it sounds much better than "writing app" :P Shosho sounds catchy
Dan Safkow
Similar to Grammarly? If so, how different? Thanks
Eugen Esanu
@dan_safkow Hi Daniel, sorry but this was already answered 3 times in the comments. See the upper ones