Being able to write well is an important skill. The better you are at writing, the easier it will be for you to communicate with other people. Fortunately, as you will see, there are lots of apps, tools, and software packages you can use to help you to become a better writer. Below are just a few examples.
Tools to help you to come up with original ideas
Nobody wants to read the same thing over and over. The more original your work is the more interested people will be in reading it. When you write engagingly and originally you will gain a bigger following and end up being respected by others in your field.
Before you publish something, it is worth getting into the habit of running it through something like Scribbr. This tool highlights any sections of text that are too similar to something that has already been published elsewhere so that you can avoid plagiarism.
Also, if you have already published an article that uses the same phrasing, you will be alerted to that fact. This gives you the chance to review your latest article so that you can make it more original and relevant to your target audience.
How to improve the readability of what you write
When we write, we all slip into bad habits and tend to end up using phrasing that seems fine to us, but which grates on others. Or worse, confuses them. The problem is that you rarely realize this is happening. By the time you do you will have likely already lost some of your readership. Fortunately, there are tools you can use to work out how readable your text is and fix the most common issues.
Get into the habit of using the readability score facility that is built into most word processing packages. If the score is too low, copy and paste what you have written into something like the Hemingway Editor. Doing so will highlight the problem sentences and passages, giving you the chance to edit them.
Learn to write better headlines
Nobody wants what they write to go unread, so it is worth your learning how to write attention-grabbing headlines. When you do, you will end up with more readers.
Other ways of being able to write well will benefit you
It is worth putting in the time and effort to tap into the above technology to become a better writer. As I said at the start of this article doing so will help you to become a more effective communicator. Something that will also benefit you in your day to day life.
Putting things down on paper or the screen also helps to crystalize things in your mind. It forces you to organize your thoughts, which has the natural effect of improving your understanding of your subject.
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