Tool to Organize Before I Write
A big part of writing is pre-writing. It's probably more important than writing itself. I have found that if you just sit down and start typing, the finished product might not highlight the point you intended to make and may not flow very well. I know if a blog doesn't make sense when I'm reading it, I won't read it.
You need a plan. Have you struggled to find the best workflow?
Site Content
I find I'm now using Site Content more to get a rough skeleton of how my article will look but I tend to post pretty quickly and then go into my blog's dashboard and unpublish the blog to a draft and then work on it using the block editor.
Word or Scrivner
I have tried using MS Word or Scrivner to write my blog but it didn't feel right. Scrivner does allow you to collect all of your research in one place which is pretty cool. It is a paid program however and it only works on a Mac I believe.
Trello
Trello has become my go-to tool to dump all my research prior to writing. I create a Trello board dedicated to an article I am writing. I organize each heading of my blog into its own list and as well as a list for references. As I'm going through the web I dump article links into the reference list and when I'm done, I move them around to the appropriate list (based on my headings) and I'll add a brief description so I know why I put it on that list. I'll also pull out the jest of each article.
Finally, when I actually write my blog, I can pull everything together pretty quickly.
What tools or tricks do you use? Let me know in the comments.
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I use Miro, Grammarly, Work flowly, and Notion
All these are fantastic tools to help me in my business
Hey
I have not heard of Scrivner
But I will look it up, thank you.
Some here use Notion.
And it is free, my understanding.
I use Grammarly premium and it is going great.
Great blog post.
Lula
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For my WA blog posts, I rely on images throughout my day to write around. It works for me! For my book site, covers will be the anchor for what I write about promoting each one! My other sites are dead or empty, as I have decided to go a different direction for the time being, Jamie!
Jeff