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Gmail has taken its “Undo Send” function out of hiding.
Did you know you can un-send an email in Gmail? The feature has been hidden for years — but now Google is finally pushing it wide and adding some additional customization. Setting it up is pretty easy.Â
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20 Tools for Freelancers, Writers, Designers & More
Bless the internet, freelancers. Bless the internet because plenty of developers and like-minded business people have created a myriad of tools that are designed to help you complete your jobs easier. From creating the content that made you want to be a writer to begin with, to the mundane task of staying on task, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t succeed if you don’t use some of these tools. READ MORE
Content Creation
Project/Time Management
Business/Legal Tools
Social Media/Email Tools
Almost all the tools are free or have free versions/capabilities!
20 Tools for Freelancers, Writers, Designers & More
Bless the internet, freelancers. Bless the internet because plenty of developers and like-minded business people have created a myriad of tools that are designed to help you complete your jobs easier. From creating the content that made you want to be a writer to begin with, to the mundane task of staying on task, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t succeed if you don’t use some of these tools. READ MORE
Content Creation
Project/Time Management
Business/Legal Tools
Social Media/Email Tools
Almost all the tools are free or have free versions/capabilities!
18 Ways To Beat Writer’s Block
Blank pages are intimidating—some blank canvas don’t inspire genius, but anxiety. Or boredom. Or a list of ex-lovers (There needed to be a joke about that T-Swift song, #sorrynotsorry). Whatever they inspire, it’s never good news for a writer.
Blank pages are a common symptom of a disease that plagues writers each year, known as writer’s block. Writer’s block is simply when a creative cannot produce any new material because of a mental block. Where writer’s block stems from is up to debate by neuroscientists and psychologists, but it’s unwanted by every writer trying to make a living.
Writer’s block comes in many different forms—like boredom, a lack of focus, unable to write what comes next, or an inability to express words properly—but most importantly it goes away. It’s not forever! But you need to work at making sure it stays away. Here’s a comprehensive guide in order to beat writer’s block, for good. READ MORE ABOUT:
Warm-Up Exercises
Writing Techniques
Environment Change Up
Five Text Checkers for Tumblr Posts:Â
titlecapitalization.com Copy your Tumblr post title or headline. Paste it into this site to automatically initial cap and lowercase words for titles.
hemingwayapp.com Hemingway finds hard-to-read sentences and complex words, highlights passive voice and tracks your adverbs. Copy your text. Go to Hemingway and highlight the gray sample text on the site. Paste your writing into Hemingway, and see how readable your text is.
read-able.com Want more detail about readability? Go to read-able.com and click the “Test by Direct Input” tab. Copy and paste your writing into the text box. Submit your text to see six measures of readability, word count and other text stats.
wordcounter.com Find potentially overused words in your Tumblr post. Use wordcounter.com for a ranked list of your most used words.
polishmywriting.com Check your writing for spelling errors, style issues and grammar problems. Part of “After the Deadline,” this tool does not speak Tumblr.
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#StayWeird on the Internet: Best Practices for Tumblr
Tumblr is weird. Let me reiterate that. Tumblr is weird and it knows that it is weird. Tumblr’s Staff is even on the joke, admitting that it is “so easy to use that it’s hard to explain” (until it does explain it). But it’s also an awesome way to amplify content and build a little community on the coolest corner of the internet.Â
For any brand, publisher, blogger or newbie looking to use Tumblr, here are our best practices for using Tumblr. READ MORE.
Tools for Writing
 here’s some of my favorite things to use when writing!! several of my friends and prob lots of my followers are writers/fanfic authors, and maybe you’ll find some of these to be super helpful!
Apps/Programs
Evernote:Â a great notebook app that keeps short notes handy! you can tag them them to keep them organized, so this is useful for jotting down ideas or scenes for different stories!
Hiveword: an amazing online novel organizing program! it lets you organize characters (and input all kinds of misc info about them like hair/eye color, religion, aliases, and goals), scenes, plotlines, items, and settings! I recommend this 100% to anyone writing a novel-length work or anything with a long plot to keep organized!
Write or Die:Â an app that forces you to get thoughts down as a rough draft. you can set a timed word goal and various levels of reinforcement: the kindest mode just gives you a popup warning reminding you to keep writing if you pause for a while, but the strictest mode will delete your writing letter by letter if you stop! this works great for getting creativity flowing without the intrusion of an inner editor!
Prowriting Aid:Â this is an AMAZING tool for editing!! it catches adverbs, diction, style, homonyms, sentence length, eloquence, you name it, and even gives suggestions for correcting the errors! (you have to sign up for a free membership for editing over 1000 words, but still, free!)
Internet Typewriter: a simple but fantastic typing program! you can choose from several fonts, text and background colors, and set word goals for yourself! there’s also the option to give your typing that nice clacky sound of either a manual or electronic typewriter! (you can also save your documents directly on the site after signing up)
editMinion:Â another simple but useful program! it searches your text for common errors such as passive voice, cliches, weak words, and adverbs. bonus: highlights words of latin, greek, and germanic origin!
Hemingway Editor:Â an incredibly useful online editor! not only does it catch adverbs and passive voice, it also measures the grade level readability of your writing and estimates how long it would take to read!
Yarny: an easy-to-use novel software! lets you organize notes for “people,” “places,” and “things,” and also keeps “snippets” of your story organized!
PenZen:Â an incredibly distraction-reducing text processor! activate the full screen option, and all there is is a white box in which to type. no tempting toggles or buttons to play around with!
Creativity Boosters
Writing Prompts:Â offers not only prompts, but lots of generators such as random words, random subjects, character names, and others! really great for challenges and/or sparking ideas!
Creative Writing Prompts: prompts from all different categories including children’s, easy exercises, practical, abstract, and prompts that can be finished in 5-10 minutes for a quick jump into the writing mood!
Rainy Mood: the comfy sound of rain is pretty, non-distracting background noise that helps keep attention on your work!
Coffeetivity:Â offers the white-noise ambiance of coffeeshops, universities, and diners! good for when you need some noise to keep you alert, but not distracted!
Other Useful Sites
Phrontistery:Â a dictionary full of unusual/obscure words. not only does this increase your vocabulary, but a lot of these words can also be used as prompts!
Reverse Dictionary: here’s where to go if you know the meaning of a word, but can’t think of the actual word! just input the definition or related concepts, and it will show you a list of similar words!
Written? Kitten!:Â cutesy positive reinforcement for writing! input word goals, and every time you hit another 100, 200, 500, or 1000 words, a new picture of a kitten, puppy, or bunny will appear at the side of the word processor!
Fantastic list! Thanks for sharing.
How To Write For Skimmers
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We Don’t Read Left to Right on the Internet
For much of reading’s history in the Western world, our eyes read from left to right. Books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Left-to-right reading no longer applies to the internet’s multimedia landscape, which changes the direction our eyes are attracted to.
Why Does This Matter? To Compete, You Need to Write for Skimmers
How long do people spend on a website before abandoning ship? 15 seconds. At most. And in that short amount of time, they might not even scroll down unless, something catches their eye. That’s why publishers like The Daily Mail, BBC and Buzzfeed often place summarizing bullet points at the top of the article. They are writing for skimmers. You need to, too.
The number one rule to writing for skimmers is to visualize the text. The more you can break up content visually, the better according to this New Yorker article. That’s why sometimes you’ll see randomly bolded keyword phrases. Here’s how you can do that. READ MORE:
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Choosing Your Niche As A Writer
This post was written by bettythefangirl.
Have you been madly in love with the written word ever since you first discovered a blank piece of paper and a pen? Do you have that journalistic instinct? That drive to have your words published? Congratulations: you’ve decided to become a writer. Now, what?
It’s time to choose a specialty beat and niche. Want to cover arts & entertainment? Maybe dive into internet fanfiction. Want to become a data journalist? Study statistics. So on and so forth. Here’s a handy guide to help you. READ MORE.
Headline Tricks That Need to Die... You Won't Believe Which Ones
Almost like a domino effect, publishers started writing clickbait or clickbait-lite. What’s curious about this decision, though, is how much clickbait hate is documented. It continues to be practiced—in some form or another—at nearly every publication despite universal hate. Don't do be that writer. Use some originality and stop writing these headline tricks. READ MORE...*
*Probably the best (and my favourite) headline I ever wrote.
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20 Tools for Freelancers, Writers, Designers & More
Bless the internet, freelancers. Bless the internet because plenty of developers and like-minded business people have created a myriad of tools that are designed to help you complete your jobs easier. From creating the content that made you want to be a writer to begin with, to the mundane task of staying on task, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t succeed if you don’t use some of these tools. READ MORE
Content Creation
Project/Time Management
Business/Legal Tools
Social Media/Email Tools
Almost all the tools are free or have free versions/capabilities!
Whatever the FCC rules on Net Neutrality...
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Common Writing & Editing Mistakes to Avoid Even in the Digital Age
Thanks to the internet and the crazy digital landscape, writers and editors have made trades about what makes their lives better or worse professionally. Better: spell check. Worse: over-reliance on spell check. Better: infinite amount of content and a plethora of good content. Worse: not being (adequately) paid for it.
Fear not fellow writers, because technology, as of yet, has not been able to replace us. Instead, they’ve offered tools. Can a computer check if you spelled a word incorrectly or if a sentence is oddly phrased? Yes. But they aren’t too good with homophones or identifying if an argument is well structured or if an author is trying to be funny or not. They too make mistakes. How else would you explain the abundance of mistakes riddled throughout the internet?
We as writers cannot make these mistakes due to the pressures of the current competitive industry. Don’t be that writer who is too lazy to learn her craft. Don’t rely on technology to make your writing perfect—learn your craft. If you have any common mistakes you’d like to see eliminated from the lexicon, add them to the list here.
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