Table of contents:
- 1. Bear
- 2. Daily Page
- 3. Scrivener 2
- 4. Day One
- 5. FocusWriter
- 6. Ulysses
- 7. Hemingway
- 8. MindMeister
- 9. Bookmate
- 10. OmmWriter
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
These services and apps are cool looking, user-friendly, and really help writers, bloggers and journalists create new masterpieces.
1. Bear
It seems Bear has come to replace Evernote. For those who are annoyed by the cult's sluggishness, Bear will be an outlet. It's perfect for taking notes or jotting down ideas for articles. There are clients for Mac and iOS with synchronization of all information, of course.
2. Daily Page
A great service to help you practice writing articles regularly. Every morning you will receive a certain topic, on which you need to write a text before the end of the day. The topics are different: sometimes they ask you to talk about what you have been hiding from your loved one for a long time, and sometimes - to come up with a dialogue between Kanye West and the priest.
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3. Scrivener 2
This program is more suitable for writers and screenwriters than journalists. It allows you not to get confused in all the twists and turns of the plot, the names of characters and titles. Scrivener 2 is not just a text editor. It is a tool for storing and structuring ideas. There are versions of the program for Windows and Mac.
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4. Day One
It is very important for a writer to write down his ideas whenever they come up. Day One is easy to use from your smartphone. In the future, all records with information about where and when they were created can be viewed on a computer.
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5. FocusWriter
FocusWriter is a free and easy-to-use editor that works on all desktop platforms: Windows, Mac, Ubuntu. Suitable for lovers of minimalism. There is nothing superfluous in the interface, so you can focus on the text.
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6. Ulysses
Powerful app for writers and editors with a clean interface, easy organization of notes, and everything you need to work thoughtfully with text. The key Ulysses features are the ability to set goals for the daily volume of material, bookmarks, tags and detailed statistics.
7. Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway wrote simply and clearly even about complex things. The web service of the same name helps to simplify the text in English and facilitate its perception. It identifies bottlenecks, overloaded offers, and bad turnovers. However, you can use Hemingway as a regular text editor.
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8. MindMeister
Mind mapping, or mind mapping, is a special approach to capturing your ideas. This skill is especially useful for writers who have to work with large amounts of information and complex texts. You can create maps, indicate the relationship between characters and passages of text right in the browser: just for such purposes, the MindMeister service was created.
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9. Bookmate
A good writer is always a good reader. There are tens of thousands of different books on Bookmate. The entire library and bookmarks will sync between your devices. By the way, you can start reading from the life hacking shelf.
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10. OmmWriter
Zen, minimalism and inspiration - these words can describe the wonderful text editor OmmWriter. You can choose the design of the screen according to your mood, calm background music helps you concentrate, and the sound of the keyboard is great soothing. An indispensable tool for Mac and PC that gets you creative.
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