While some people seem born with amazing writing skills, for others, becoming a good writer takes a lot of practice and hard work. But guess what? You can become a better writer faster by using some cool tools and apps! There really is an app for everything.
Check out these 5 best tools and apps to improve your writing. These writing tools are helpful to both beginners and experienced writers. The best part? Most of them are totally free!
Let’s take a look at them…
1. Airstory
Whether you’re writing an essay, a blog post, or a novel, any well-written piece requires research—a lot of research! But, researching can take time and slow down the writing process, especially if you’re going back and forth between your document and open tabs on your browser. To make this process smoother, you can use a tool like Airstory.
Airstory helps you write your content faster by putting all of your research and reference pieces in one place. With their free Airstory Researcher extension you can easily highlight any useful text you find on the web and save it. Then, when writing an article, you can simply open up Airstory and drag your saved research notes into your document. The Researcher can also capture source info like URLs, clip images, and you can tag your clips so you can easily find them later.
Airstory integrates with a number of popular tools like Evernote, Google Drive, Google Docs, WordPress, and much more. Plus, Airstory is free to use! Speed up your research and your writing process with this handy tool.
2. Coffitivity
Most people don’t like to write in complete silence; when it’s too quiet, it can be hard to concentrate. But turning on the TV or playing your favorite music in the background can be distracting too. Luckily, you can use a tool like Coffitivity to spark your creativity and boost your productivity.
Coffitivity is a website that recreates the ambient sounds of cafe-like environments. They offer 3 different free tracks: Morning Murmur, Lunchtime Lounge, and University Undertones. Coffitivity also offers 3 premium tracks. Research has shown that “a moderate level of ambient noise is conducive to creative cognition.” So, turn on a Coffitivity track and start writing.
3. IsItWP Headline Analyzer
If you’re creating blog posts, you know that a well-written headline is necessary if you want to grab the attention of people online. After all, an attention-grabbing headline is what will encourage people to click on your blog post and read it. To improve your headline writing skills, you can use the IsItWP Headline Analyzer.
The IsItWP Headline Analyzer is a free, web-based tool that will help you create clickable headlines. Simply enter your headline idea into the title bar and hit the ‘Analyze’ button. The Headline Analyzer will give your headline an overall score based on factors such as word balance, word count, power words, emotional words, sentiment, and more. Using the suggestions provided by the Headline Analyzer, you can then tweak your headline to improve your overall score. A captivating headline will help you drive more traffic to your site, boost shares, and improve your ranking in search results.
4. OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus
Do you ever have a word that’s on the tip of your tongue but you just can’t figure out what it is? If you’re a writer, you probably experience this feeling a lot. But, with OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus finding the words you want to use in your piece is easy. If you tend to use the same words over and over again, this tool will also help you spice up your writing.
Simply type in the concept you want to convey and OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus will give you a list of words related to that concept. For example, when you type in the concept “talking,” the tool gives you relevant word ideas like “chatting,” “gabbing,” “blabbing,” and many more.
5. Grammarly
Of course, your writing needs to be free of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors if you want to look professional. And while Microsoft Word and Google Docs will catch your errors and notify you with a squiggly line, you can do more with a tool like Grammarly.
Grammarly is a free writing assistant that will catch your spelling and grammar mistakes instantly and it works wherever you’re writing—Google Docs, Gmail, Twitter, etc. The premium version of Grammarly will also:
- Check the tone of your message
- Suggest better word choices
- Catch repetitive words
- Perform genre-specific writing style checks
- And more
Even the best writers make mistakes sometimes but with Grammarly, your writing will be error-free and effective.
Over to You
These 5 tools and apps will help you take your writing skills to the next level. Not only will you be able to write faster, but you’ll become a greater writer overall. So, what are you waiting for? Try out these writing tools today!
