Why does this sound generic?
Paste a paragraph or two. This points at the specific spots that could belong to anyone's essay — and explains what makes them read that way. It won't rewrite them for you.
Generic isn't about the topic
Two students can write about the exact same experience — a big game, a move, a family illness — and one essay reads like it could only be theirs while the other reads like a template. The difference usually isn't the topic. It's where the actual, specific voice got smoothed out in favor of something safer.
That's hard to catch in your own writing, because the generic version often still sounds fine to you. This tool reads for the exact spots where your draft slips into language anyone could have written, and separately, where your real voice already shows up — so you know what to protect.
What you'll get back
The specific spots that could belong to anyone's essay, and the spots where your actual voice already comes through. Naming what's generic is different from fixing it — that part takes real back-and-forth, not a diagnostic.
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