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Capture your stories, save them permanently. Make stories - storify.com. Journalism in the Age of Data. ZenWriter. Underbelly Focus on your writing with beautifully designed programmes » Underbelly. Writing for a blog, no matter how techy the site, requires you sit down on your computer and churn out those few hundred words for half an hour.

Some people can do this quite easily, but sometimes you just need a little help to focus. There are a whole bunch of writing programs out there that help you get in the zone. They may not have the full features of Word, but the idea is that you type the bulk of the content in these programmes and then transfer to Word for better formatting. If your job requires you write a lot or like many of us you keep a blog then why not check out these apps – both beautiful and productive. ZenWriter This is the beautiful option, with night and day backgrounds, soothing music and the reassuring sound of a typewriter as you hammer the keyboard. Dark Room While this is pretty much a notepad style app, it takes over your entire screen and makes you feel like you are Neo out of the Matrix.

CreaWriter This one is similar to ZenWriter. How to Write an Article That Draws Thousands of New Readers | Co. Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers - Word Stuff. Unsorted [/writers] James Patrick Kelly - Murder Your Darlings - "When time comes to make that final revision, however, you must harden your heart, sharpen the ax and murder your darlings. " Greda Vaso - Determining the Readability of a Book - includes formulas for Gunning's Fog Index, Flesch Formula, Powers Sumner Kearl L. Kip Wheeler - Literary Terms and Definitions L. Kip Wheeler - Comp - Lit - Poetry - Links - more Style - Grammar - Errors in English [/writers]American Heritage - Book of English Usage - free download Band-Aid AP StylebookPaul Brians - Common Errors in EnglishCJ Cherryh - Writerisms and other Sins The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ Gary N.

Curtis - The Fallacy Files - Logical fallacies and bad arguments Prof. Charles Darling [RIP] - Guide to Grammar and Writing The Economist (UK) - Style Guide John Eshleman - Logical Fallacies H.W. Expand your vocabulary! How to Write an Article That Draws Thousands of New Readers | Co. Save The Words.

Ntent & usability: Web writing. Web writing is totally different to writing for printed matter. We tend to scan content on the web hunting for the information we're after, as opposed to reading word-for-word. As a result of this, there are certain guidelines you should be sure to follow when writing copy for your website: 1. Use clear and simple language Reading from computer screens is tiring for the eyes and about 25% slower than reading from printed matter.

As such, the easier the style of writing the easier it is for site visitors to absorb your words of wisdom. Some techniques for using clear and simple language include: Avoid slang or jargon - Get your grandmother and ten year old nephew to read your site - if both can understand the page content you've done well! 2. If you assign just one idea to each paragraph site visitors can: Easily scan through each paragraph Get the general gist of what the paragraph is about Then move on to the next paragraph 3. Front-loading also applies to web pages, as well as paragraphs.