The MOST Essential Writing Tools #MyBlogU

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Our community is all about creative writing: We inspire each other, motivate to write and help create epic content.

We also educate through these chats giving you more and more actionable tips to try and tools to play with.

Today’s chat aims at making you a more efficient writer by listing most essential writing tools to help you through the process. We did our best to keep the list short and strictly to the point:

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For Inspiration & Research

1. MyBlogU (Of course!) can help on any level: From content idea brainstorming to writing, collecting quotes and even editing and getting feedback on the written piece (The new feature we are testing right now!). So it’s quite logical that @MyBlogU goes #1 on this list of writing tools.

2. BrainyQuote: To find that quote you’ve been looking for. Quotes are a great source of inspiration!

3. Topic and title generators: For generating blog ideas.

@seosmarty Sometimes I use EurekAlert to find something. Often I go to TED talks for ideas. And I use Google alerts daily. #myblogu

— Kari (AKA Bellaisa) (@RelationshipCir) June 4, 2015

4. Fact Browser: If you need a fact to back up an argument go here. And here are more sites to find stats.

5. Google, Bing, Amazon, Youtube Suggest: Lots of keyword suggestions to get inspired!

6. Evernote (or MyBlogU idea-management features) to store the information and ideas.

7. A good free Thesaurus, dictionary and glossary is always helpful for writing, so pick a few from here.

#myblogu Never underestimate the power of a thesaurus to overcome brain cramps. https://t.co/qvQ5NnQCMi

— Jim Katzaman (@JKatzaman) June 4, 2015

Read further: Here are more ways to never burn out as a writer!

For Writing and Formatting

8. OmmWriter (desktop) and ZenPen (online): For distraction-free writing

9. Markdown is great for writing web-ready copy, but a lot of CMSs won’t accept it, which is a shame.

10. FormatMatch (Mac): Automatically removes formatting from clipboard text. A decent format stripper is pretty essential. If you’re quoting other pieces or compiling resources a lot, then having to click the “clear formatting” button in Word all the time becomes a pain.

@seosmarty So true, I usually use Word Pad or even Notepad to get rid of the unwanted stuff, and then copy the text into Word. #myblogu

— Zen Ameer (@Zen_Ameer) June 4, 2015

Wow… I never thought of that. Good idea! RT @manifestcon: I write in Dreamweaver #myblogu

— WordPressionist (@WPressionist) June 4, 2015

11. Google Drive: It is mostly helpful for collaboration between writers and editors. The output code is decent too.

For Proof-Reading

12. Hemingway App: For checking your writing style

+1 and better after a few hours (not immediately after writing) RT @WPressionist: my favorite thing is to read out loud #myblogu

— Anna Fox (@manifestcon) June 4, 2015

13. Read-able: Gives you an idea if anybody will actually be able to read what I am writing.

Best proofreading tool: eyeballs 🙂 #myblogu

— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) June 4, 2015

I find that changing the font eg to Times makes proofreading easier #myblogu

— Phil Turner (@EP_pturner) June 4, 2015

14. Grammarly: Checks everything you write on the web, and it’s very smart when it comes to correcting all sorts of mistakes, from simple typos to advanced issues

@seosmarty I do use PaperRater at http://t.co/6V4w92F9A7 and find it pretty decent. As a bonus, they have a plagiarism detector. #myblogu

— Kari (AKA Bellaisa) (@RelationshipCir) June 4, 2015

Are there any more writing apps you’d recommend including here? Please share in the comments or tweet to #myblogu Twitter chat!

Let’s thank our contributors:

	Graemezen of thezenagency.com @zenagency
	Phil Turner of timemoneyproblem.com @EP_pturner
	David Leonhardt of thgmwriters.com @amabaie
	Chad Harwood-Jones of ad-rank.com
	Kulwant Nagi of bloggingcage.com @kulwantnagi
	Ksenia Dobreva of blog.amasty.com @massaraksh_
	Rene Rude of Renereviews.com @freewriter193
	Jonny Pean of a2zesolutions.com @jonnyswand

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