Writer, know thyself! RescueTime is a time tracker and management app that’s a valuable tool for insight into your own creative process. If you sit down to write and zone out for an hour or end up with a million different browser tabs of LOLCats and nothing on your article, I hear you. Based on cognitive science principles, the unrelated prompts encourage a zen-like creativity by liberating your thought process from the limits of linear relationships (and keeping your mind alert and tuned in on the task at hand). Prompts guide the writer to create simple, descriptive sentences, followed by paragraphs, then sketches, and, finally, stories. WriterKata encourages skill development through guided, repetitive exercises. Think of WriterKata as sets of sprints that get you in shape for the marathon. Rough Draft is a visual reminder that writing is a process (and sometimes ideas that would have been discarded show value later on). When you’re done, the copy seamlessly exports to a clean text document for use in any other program. Even the best author had terrible first drafts. Instead, your backspace key becomes a strikethrough marker. With Rough Draft, there’s no going back and deleting something. Rough Draft encourages writers to embrace the imperfections that come with writing in the moment. Penzu is available for web, Android, and iOS.
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Journey is a free Chrome extension and Android app. The journals you create are searchable, secure, and provide writing prompts and other subtle coaching hints to ease your way into the habit of writing. Since it’s a personal account, there’s less pressure to make it perfect and you have more freedom to experiment with style and expression. These two online apps help you develop a personal journal. Keeping a regular, written log is a great way to cultivate your voice, explore structure, and become comfortable with the act of writing. I bet you’ll be happily surprised at your own improvement. As Jake, one of my favorite philosophers, said, “Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something.” Practice and let yourself become comfortable with the process of writing. We’ll tackle the most common challenges writers face - from less-than-stellar grammar and spelling to chronic distractions (and everything in between) - to make your writing better and the process more efficient. Our collection of tools and apps will help you become a stronger online content producer. Let’s take it from theory to practice and get some writing done. You’ve already seen some of our suggestions for blog post types and ways to tell brand stories. Between juggling deadlines, other (non-literary) projects, writer’s block, and the mechanics of actually writing your article, it can be hard to get the motivation to start.īut the sooner something’s started, the sooner the thing is completed. Unless writing for your brand is your full-time job (and even then) it can feel overwhelming some days. Writers, I’m going to be real: Keeping an updated blog can be a huge pain in the hindquarters.