Writing Careers: The Business Behind Becoming an Author – an informative article by ZenBusiness (Note: ZenBusiness-Provides service to help run your business. It is a subscription base service.) The article is very informative and available on their blog to read.
If it is listed, then I use it, have used it, or really, really want it. These tools excite me. I love tech. Many of the apps, software listed have free versions. I received no compensation for the majority of these links on this page, except one – Learn Scrivener Fast Affiliate.
Snaptimer -Desktop Countdown Timer For Windows. Stays on top or not, your choice of options. Sounds to chose from for timer, plus you can enable ticking sound so you hear it while it counts down. Simple. Easy. Free to use.
Write to Die2 Time Your Writing with funny alarms. Make that NaNo project, and shut your internal editor up Brought to you by Dr. Wicked, Write or Die 2 is a procrastination killer designed to help a writer focus on a task with either fear or reward tactics. Run with Windows, Mac, and Linus, this app has several terrifying consequences for if it detects its author not writing and lazing off to procrastinate.
New and improved 2nd Generation with 2x real-world battery life of the 1st gen. Say goodbye to writer’s block with the world’s best distraction-free writing tool.
Best-in-class mechanical keyboard with Cherry™ Keyswitches (made in Germany)
Ultra-low power and high contrast E Ink™ screen that looks like paper indoors and out.
2nd generation design features a larger battery and improved keyboard efficiency that results in 2x the effective working time of the original Freewrite.
Weeks of battery life and local storage for over a million pages
Rugged, lightweight aluminum body so you can write anywhere
Support for writing in over 20+ languages
Comes with 180-day manufacturer’s warranty
PLANNING, SIGN UPS & FUN EVENT TOOLS
Linky Tools v2.0Having a blog hop or something you want people to sign up to take part? Expecting possibly a large response or at least hoping? Want to save time compiling and coding the link list? This is a great tool for a very small subscription fee. Your visitors that want to take part or sign up click on one link, add info and their names are automatically added to the list. Once in the list, once you click on the name they entered you go straight to their blog.
The Plot Spinner What Does PlotSpinner Do? *Creates a synopsis in 7 easy steps. *Gets to the heart of your story—FAST! *Gives you a solid foundation on which to build your story.
DISTRACTION-FREE WRITING About Omm Writer, This is inspirational software to help you get in the mood, and promote concentration. It has sounds effects and visuals, while you write. It is a tool to encourage you to write. Writer’s block? Ideas lagging, try this inspirational tool. WHAT OMM WRITER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTOmmWriter emerged as an internal tool to help transport us away from the humdrum noise; allowing us to be at one with ourselves and our ideas. All said and done, after having created something so valuable, we figured that OmmWriter was just too good to keep to ourselves. Omm Writer download
Scapple is comparable to Inspiration 9 Mind Mapping software, but without as many bells and whistles and priced less. BONUS feature for meis that Scapple can be imported into Scrivener after you create your mind map, so your project is all in one place,writing and all.
Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them. It isn’t exactly mind-mapping software—it’s more like a freeform text editor that allows you to make notes anywhere on the page and connect them using straight dotted lines or arrows. If you’ve ever scribbled down ideas all over a piece of paper and drawn lines between related thoughts, then you already know what Scapple does.
WRITING SOFTWARE
yWriter Word Processor-Free Software similar to Scrivener (Nice, but fewer bells and whistles) See K. M. Weiland’s tutorial on yWriter – yWriter is a word processor, which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriterwas designed by an author, not a salesman!
STORY SHOPWrite better stories faster. See how simple it is to build worlds, create story beats, and write your book. Simplify your story planning and writing processes with the application developed by authors, for authors. Created by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant, and Dave Wright from Sterling & Stone, authors of Write, Publish, Repeat nonfiction, and many other stories. New!
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THE SCRIVENER STORY BROAD. GREAT FOR CREATING PLOT CARDS & OUTLINES OR A PICTURE STORY.
Scrivener Writing Software For MAC and Windows trial copy SCRIVENER
I invested in the Ninja level for this Scrivener Learning Program and I am thrilled. I love Scrivener now and wished I had not waited, so long to learn it despite the learning curve. I love having everything in one project able to view it, reach, note, pictures, timeline, mind mapping from brainstorming, ideas, or anything I want to include all in one project, instead of multiple documents. I love being able to add my own backgrounds to my writing while I am writing for inspiration. I also love all the bonuses The Scrivener Coach offers and has added since I bought this tutorial course. For me, it has been worth the investment long term.
Silver Jay Media Editing services Excellent for those who intend to self-publish. Writing something is hard work. Writing something good is even harder, so take a look what the Silver Jay can offer to help you get from first draft to published in no time! Affordable pricing, Excellent service.
EDITORS FOR WRITING STYLE, GRAMMER, SPELLING, AND MORE
StyleWriter This one is expensive but most used by Freelancer and often required in job advertisements, which is how I came across it looking at job listings online.
Grammarly I like this one and use Free version now that my annual subscription expired. Plan to renew in the future.
ProWritingAid Cheaper than Grammarly annually with lots of features.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW-When you can share photos? When you use photos from the internet (or other sources) you need to be very careful not to plagiarise them. Read more about it at these links to make sure you are not in violation and understand which can be legally used. Creative Commons–meaning they can be shared and use free of charge to public with author having released some rights and waived others,Public Domain–meaning rights, have expired, Fair Use – meaning limited use of copyright material, Copyright–meaning creator has exclusive use and you cannot use without permission requiring purchase of use from the author.
Generally, I tend to use creative commons license, public domain, or purchase rights from a site like bigstockphotos.com for use on my blog. BIGSTOCKPHOTOS. com Photos to use on your website, not free, but reasonable
Photopin.com a lot of free to use as long as you include photo credits
MorgueFile.comphotos free to use and links to other photo sites. Check above list for terms you need to know for photo use to keep it legal.
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