Writing

You always want to improve your writing or workflow, and free cloud writing apps can be a tempting and productive idea. At first, you might think you have found the perfect tool because it has a great interface, cloud storage, and comes with a few handy little features; and all for free. After some initial…

Writing with perfect grammar is so easy now. All you need is a grammar checker, or use one of the many new AI tools to help you. In a way, this is a good thing because poor grammar is an easy way to lose a reader, and it’s so easy to avoid now. However, grammar…

How much thought do you give to the ways you start a sentence? Because you do it every ten, fifteen, or twenty words, it’s easy to overlook the first few words you use. Maybe you don’t realize it, but are your sentences often beginning with I, he, she, or the or an? Perhaps, there is,…

An ever-present danger in writing is relying on your assumed facts. We tend to trust our memory when writing, so simple slip-ups can easily happen. The most common involve dates, geography, and historical events. Innocent mistakes with facts like these can easily happen because our memory is never 100% accurate. However minor they seem, mistakes…

Every writer needs to check facts, and these free research tools can help you get the job done quickly. Whether you’re writing fiction, nonfiction, online articles, or essays, the accuracy of your information, or even small story elements, always matters. Validated facts add precision and authority to whatever topic or theme you are covering in…

While the words may sound almost the same, an epigraph and epigram are different. They usually appear at the beginning of a book or novel, similar to a dedication page. An epigraph is a short text to set the theme or mood, but an epigram is often a satirical or clever remark. They are not…

Writers and authors are always looking for new ideas, and that’s where plot generators can help. Unlike a writing prompt, which gives you a starting point, plotting tools can give you a beginning, middle, and end. It’s like creating an outline of a story, but much faster than writing one yourself. Yes, writing a story…

Your writing voice is how you express yourself and your ideas in writing. It’s about your sentence structures, vocabulary choices, attitude, and even your personal views. Like speaking, it’s not about what you say, but how you say it. That’s what makes your voice unique. When you understand your voice and learn to accept and…

When you want to describe the sea or ocean in a novel, don’t write a report; write a scene. What’s the difference? “The sea was rough, and the wind was strong.” This is a report, not unlike a television weather report. Now, here’s a quick example of a scene. “Waves rose in jagged, angry white…

All you want to do is check your grammar and spelling, but many grammar tools now are so full of useless and over-the-top AI suggestions. Instead of making it easy to spot grammar mistakes, spelling errors, and typos, some try to rewrite your entire sentence or replace your style like a mind-reading robot. It’s really…