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"The main tool of a writer is his creativity. Is that enough? Well, it may be if you're not concerned about boosting your productivity and making your readers happy by launching a new book, short story, or blog post sooner. "

"With so many guides on editing online content, it's almost impressive how many bloggers and social media writers manage to ignore that aspect. They keep posting draft versions that make real readers lose their interest after few sentences."

Margaret Mason begins this book by making the point that blogging has brought about a new generation of people who, for the first time, voluntarily publish writing in a public sphere, and calls it "a renaissance in personal expression".

Books Well Read offer cataloguing facilities, sharing, but private comments on books (rather than public reviews) if the user just wants to make notes on their books. You can also add multiple entries per book. If public, these can be classified as spoilers.

Writer Jim Harrington presents a writing quote, and his thoughts on these, both of which makes for good reading.

Wordpreneur's Eldon Sarte promises how to make money writing, presenting tons of information for writers looking to get paid.

XMind is opensource mindmapping software, with a Pro version also. There are drilldown, workgroup and multiple sheet functions and the audio notes make this appealing for collobarative mindmaps.

Shelf Centred allows you to catalogue movies, books, video games via ISBN or keyword search. Organise in a shelf, make wishlists, and find friends. You can't see these lists until you've registered up (free)

How to Make A Horror film is crowdsourcing an original horror screenplay by having visitors contribute each week to a different element of the story

This is a sneak peak of the book I am writing with the producer of all 3 Godfather movies. Gray Frederickson also produced Apocalypse Now, The Outside and more. This chapter is about the difficulty in making of "The Godfather"

Writing a term paper can sometimes be frustrating. This is especially true when the student does not know what the certain guidelines are to make term...

"Although everyone is aware of the fact that social media is only getting bigger by the day, many business owners still think that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are not serious marketing channels. If you are one of the people who are dismissing social media platforms as inefficient marketing tools, you're making a huge mistake."

"Have you ever been so consumed by the creative writing process that you were left with no energy for the editing part? That happens to most writers. We don't have a problem to spend days on a short story or blog post, but even a single hour of editing makes us exhausted. The following editing tools will help you get through the challenge more easily!"

Life is so unpredictable. One moment we are happy and the very next moment we may grieve. This erratic approach of life can leave us shocked and in surprise. Therefore, it's essential to balance our moods and moments with happiness and laughter.

"Each writer has personal style and preferences, so it is difficult to make a generalization and pick universally-efficient tools for such an individual practice."

"Luckily, automated tools haven't replaced real writers yet. Written expression has always been an important characteristic of the human kind, but today it is even more crucial to be able to write great content in order to succeed in highly-competitive markets."

"Have you ever thought about the stereotype of "tortured artist?" The typical traits for creative minds range from self-hatred to complete narcissism. No matter how many generalizations we try to make, one thing is certain: people with great minds are often described as "odd"."

"Believe it or not, even professional editors rely on technology in order to come up with a polished piece of content. Since not all freelance writers can hire their own editors to clean after the mistakes they make, they can start using the same tools for ultimate effectiveness."

"It's great being a freelance writer! You can work from your favorite chair and make your own schedule no matter how tight the deadlines are. The more you write - the more you are rewarded for it."