Writing & Editing
Hemingway
I run my writing pieces through the Hemingway editor. You can toggle between writing and editing modes. It has formatting buttons so you can write within the app screen. You can also paste your text in for editing. There is a web site version and a desktop application. Hemingway will scan for readability, grammar, and unnecessary words. I almost forgot the best part, it’s FREE.
Grammarly
For a more robust editor, I use Grammarly. They offer both free and premium plans. This service goes far beyond grammar and spelling. With the browser extension, Grammarly is always running. It checks my writing in real-time while I’m using Twitter or Facebook. It even runs within my blog editor in WordPress. The premium plan has many more features including a plagiarism detector.
CoSchedule’s Headline Analyzer
I love CoSchedule’s articles. I have been using this analyzer for my blog for a couple of years now. You can use this FREE online tool to help you write better headlines. Better headlines = better SEO, increased traffic. The analyzer looks at title length and usage of power and emotional words. Type in your headline and the analyzer will rate your headline. Keep tweaking your headline until you’ve reached a score that will optimize engagement. CoSchedule also provides tips and articles to help you improve your headline rating.
Other helpful CoSchedule posts:
- How To Find Your Target Audience And Create The Best Content That Connects
- How to Write White Papers People Actually Want to Read
Readable
Readable is an online web site tool that measures the readability of content. They offer free and premium versions.
Content Curation
Flipboard, Pocket, and Pinterest may seem like similar content curation apps, but each one varies with what it offers.
Flipboard
Flipboard supplies a feed of content from topics that you select. You can also create your own magazine of your curated content (a flipbook), which you can also share.
Pocket
Pocket is a “save-later” app. It lets you save text, videos, images or other content that you can read later. You can use it with a web browser, email and many other apps (even Flipboard).
Pinterest
Online collection web site where you add pins (links to content) to boards.
Organization & Productivity
How to increase your writing productivity by more than 113% is a quick read with tips to increase your writing speed.
Trello
I could write an entire post on the many uses of Trello. In a nutshell, Trello is an organization and productivity app. It’s like a digital Kanban board. I use it daily for both my personal and business life but use it a lot for writing projects.
You can organize your projects into boards and create cards for tasks. It also has the feature to add checklists and attachments as well. You can set due dates, and even colour code your tasks. The cards are like digital sticky notes that you can move around as you make progress. You can create private boards or collaborative ones. It’s visual and easy-to-use so you can get started with it right away. It’s also FREE.
