Writing assistance points

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Writing is important in our business and professional world. We're a step up from a high school English teacher now. Best resources available

SCRIVENER. The ultimate word processor for writing a book. Requires overcoming a learning curve. The reward is not having to use Word anymore with its pitfalls.

GOOGLE DOCS. While Scrivener is great for general writing you need a lot more if for working with a special editor or beta readers. There is a suggestion mode that allows for a wide spread of literary response. Over and above there are live updates frequently pushed to Google Docs

GRAMMARLY. Grammarly finds writing errors missed by spell check. It also has a plagiarism checker. I use the non premium version to auto correct my sentences and find it invaluable.

GOOGLE SHEETS. Good for developing your book indexing structure as a table of contents. Sub structure can be composed like timelines and character plots.

FREEDOM. Stop distractions. The free app permits you to turn off distractions on your computer and your phone. Great for the concentration you need for writing clarity.

EVERNOTE. A terrific forum to obtain story ideas. Helpful to grab, create and store story ideas. Here is where you brainstorm, research and think through to creation of your book. You can do this anywhere. It is able to splice between your computer and phone. The basic structure of a story is easily built using the retentive features of this App.

SHAWN COYNE'S THE STORY GRID. A critical guide pattern for first draft creation and editing. Adaptable to both fiction and non-fiction in virtually any and every niche.

BECOMING WRITER. Developed from The Write Practice. This helpful community creates workshops. They specialize in giving honest and unabashed feedback on your writing abilities.

CREATIVE WRITING SOFTWARE. Made readily available through Software as a Service SAAS creative apps. These are stored in the cloud for easy data retrieval and usage.

LINKED IN. The last place you'd think of for this type of assistance. But writing is as important in the professional world as anywhere else. Has an affiliated platform Writing Assistance (WA) Familiar acronym everyone? Helps with professional training, hardware and software development and other professional grade employment.

Using these and other assists, your work is going to rock!