We reviewed many of these writing apps individually, writing articles and book chapters with them. Our Testing CriteriaĪ team of writers collaborated to create this roundup. I also asked other freelance writers to share their impressions of these apps. I regularly use and test the latest writing apps for my work. I'm also a best-selling non-fiction author, a trained journalist, and a copywriter. I’ve written and published dozens of articles for newspapers, magazines, and online publications including, Forbes and Lifehacker. Pick an app from this list if it solves a problem for you and then get back to what counts filling the blank page and building lasting relationships with your readers. Each will solve specific problems for you, but your craft should always come first. I dumped the apps that added no value to this site, and I paid for ones that helped me grow an audience, and write better articles and stories.Īs you can see, there are many blogging and writing apps. I’ve spent a lot of time testing and using these writing apps. There are thousands of writing apps out there, some of which are free, some of which are expensive.
Read our guide to the best mind mapping software. If you want something more powerful try Ayoa.
Mindmeister offers a nice balance between functionality and ease of use. Writers can pick from a plethora of brainstorming apps today.
Mindmapping and brainstorming tools can help writers plan their work more efficiently and creatively. Pricing: $4.99 per month This app is relatively affordable It's web-based so you're not confined to your desktop, if you made notes on your phone, everything will still be there on your computer. It's also very user-friendly, so if you're not the best at navigating technology, you should be fine. Say goodbye to post-it notes and piles and piles of notebooks, Dabble can store and organize everything you need on hand as you craft your novel. With a goal-setting feature, it will help you stay on track if you're tackling NaNoWriMo. It will also track the word count of your entire project, chapters, and events. You can organize your projects into individual folders, to manage notes on plotlines, character creation, major events, and so on. You can try it for free, before opting for one of their monthly subscription packages, which range from $10, $15, and $20 per month.ĭabble is a fiction writer's dream. I can’t count the number of times I’ve sat down to write about one thing and ended up writing about something else entirely then on editing and rewriting my words, I discover it’s the very first, often well-thought out, sentence that requires the deepest knife cut.Pricing: From $10 per month Dabble can store and organize everything you need on hand as you craft your novelĭabble is a useful tool for authors to manage their work.
Her words felt as if they had picked a line in my brain, as if she had read my mind before writing them. This is the first paragraph in Writing Life by Annie Dillard. Is it a dead end, or have you located the real subject? You will know tomorrow, or this time next year.” Soon you find yourself deep in new territory. You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. The line of words is a writer’s pick, a wood carver’s gouge, a surgeon’s probe. “When you write, you lay out a line of words. The first words I read this morning, as I sipped my cream-laced coffee after taking Pepper out for her first walk of the day, were: Words Whisper in my Ear – Or Scream in my Head “We are the only ones who can tell our stories because we are the only ones who have lived them.” – Susan Wittig Albert* While I’m kind of moonstruck, heading toward the light, the magical way to get there is light years away. My writing often starts out like this night’s sky.