Anyway, I think this will do me good on my book of prompts, as that needs to be KISS as possible.
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Goodness, so do you use difficult words or just the concept is a higher level?
Its a combination of things.
Letās go over the 1st sentence for a feel on this:
This was the first time that Anise was grateful to have Vance standing outside her classroom with his arms crossed over that broad chest of his, intimidating half the class into running away.
- 8th chapter, girl is prickly, but is starting to depend on her MLāan announcement of that.
- Location.
- A description of the ML Iāve not used before: looks and attitude.
Its all together because I hate the āHe has a broad chest and is scaryā wholly seperate from the story.
So its not mentally complex or difficult words, but integration that killed it, here.
But yeah, Iām complex enough.
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Not bad, I thought I would do worse lol. This is definitely high-ish fantasy (Duh, what else do I write lol)
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Of course 
. Did you include your lore in that and it gave you grade 3? 
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Nah this is just a first chapterāI usually donāt write down lore (although I should 
)
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I copy-pasted the opening chapter of my current work. I think that app needs an option for UK / AUS spelling and grammar, and needs to recognise different dialogue dialects.
My results for Goddess v2.0 first chapter.
Readability
Grade 3
Good
Reading time: 00:11:04
Letters: 12096
Characters: 15603
Words: 2770
Sentences: 321
Paragraphs: 127
7 adverbs, meeting the goal of 42 or fewer.
7 uses of passive voice, meeting the goal of 64 or fewer.
8 phrases have simpler alternatives.
15 of 321 sentences are hard to read.
4 of 321 sentences are very hard to read.
Out of curiosity I copy-pasted the opening chapter for my first novel.
Results for To Fall for an Angel
Readability
Grade 4
Good
Reading time: 00:15:34
Letters: 16602
Characters: 21266
Words: 3892
Sentences: 370
Paragraphs: 146
14 adverbs, meeting the goal of 49 or fewer.
5 uses of passive voice, meeting the goal of 74 or fewer.
0 phrases have simpler alternatives.
37 of 370 sentences are hard to read.
6 of 370 sentences are very hard to read.
A somewhat better outcome. I still donāt understand what makes those āhard to readā sentences hard to read.
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Waitā¦ So when the heck do you explain your dictionary? XD you have all your words and stuff.
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If I remember right it says the sentences are just too long, so that makes it hard. But those are pretty good results! You write mystery or action, right?
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I like this idea though because I also use different spellings for different characters, so I wonder what itād say if I put those chapters in.
I tend to write action / drama stories. My current work is supposed to be a Young Adult story, but apparently it deals with mature topics (teacherās comment)ā¦Nah, my YA / teenage characters are just mature for their age (Israel leaves little room for childhood ~ Shimon Peres)ā¦
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I was surprised my story ranked tenth grade because they definitely shouldnāt be reading what I write since itās not child-friendly xD.
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You think people want to think when they smut? Iām kind of curious about that myself.
Btw, this is that same snippit, BARELY changed, and itās down to 6th gradeāwhich is where I should aim for, as Iām never going to be āSee Spot Run.ā
This means I can essentially change nothing, probably 90% of the time, and pass through.
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OH pfft this isnāt Meiste lol this is some of Yesseiās stuff
And lmfao I donāt explain it bc itās all disorganized
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Iām writing a Fantasy/Attempted comedy story that Iām currently editing, I think I found another way that I have to go through it, so thanks for that 
My first chapter got an 8 but the app seems to think that everything less than 9 is good? And my story is written for a new adult or maybe immature adult audienceā¦
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That makes sense then . Iād love to know Meisteās score xD.
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New ways to drive you mad during editing are always fun, no?
I figure itās just the app going āSo many people can read this, good job!ā
Sure, lets call it fun
Well, I read they say that the system is based on US reading levels for those grades, and that the average reader level is at about 10, so aiming slightly below that might be good if youāre looking to be understandabel by most?
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I always tell myself to edit after finishing, but always somehow drive myself mad by not listening and editing in the middleā¦ Fun 
Likelyā¦ Iām mostly just concerned by some levels being so low for the themes in the books, but theyāre not rated based on themes, just ease, so thatās more understandable.
Someone else was also mentioning how they wish it had regional options.
It does seem like you as the writer will have to take into account what grade youāre aiming for if youāre writing for middle-grade and have a score of eight that might not be so good. If youāre writing for new adult and have a score of 10 then tha might be just fineā¦
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