5 Ways To Improve Your Writing Through Technology

5 Ways To Improve Your Writing Through Technology

Technology has become a part of all aspects of daily life, including writing. No longer do writers waste hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper drafting the perfect piece of writing. Instead, today writing is increasingly moving into the digital world. Here we explore five ways technology can help you to improve your own writing.

More Writing Opportunities

The advancement of technology has had a huge impact on the writing world. Not only has it opened up more opportunities for writers, but it has also made it much simpler for writers to access them. Clients are now easily able to commission the writing they want and freelancers are able to earn more revenue by being able to apply for more projects and produce content more quickly. 

Freelance writers also have greater opportunities to publish their writing in a global market, thanks to online publishing. Blog writing has become more popular than ever, with individuals and businesses alike customising their blogs to meet their demands. Blogs have increasingly been used to showcase writers’ skills and help them to access new markets and new opportunities.

On-The-Move Writing

No longer do writers need to sit all day at a desk on a desktop or typewriter (although many still choose to do so). One of the biggest advancements of the last two decades in terms of technology, has been the development of mobile devices. From smartphones to tablets, you can now write on the move. 

“If you need to take notes or have an idea while you’re out, then there’s an app for that,” says Barbara McNeil, a blogger at Writinity and Researchpapersuk. “Not only can you type your work, but thanks to the stylus you can also take handwritten notes without wasting paper. Apps also sync easily between devices meaning that you can start writing at home on your laptop and continue later on your tablet seamlessly. Or you can choose to save your work to the Cloud, making it easy to access it from any electronic device.”

Targeted Writing Solutions

It’s not just the swapping of notebooks for computers that has changed. Now there are a whole host of programs and free tools available, which have been specifically designed to help you write more effectively and easily. Tools, such as Vellum (designed for Macs) for instance, allows for the simple and easy creation of eBooks. There are also new apps which have been developed to help you write specific content, such as novels, poems, blogs and even academic content. 

Better Quality Writing

Many writers have benefited from grammar and spelling checkers, as well as style-checking apps. Spell checkers not only help you correct typos, but some also have integrated recommendation systems, which offer suggestions of replacement words or phrases that can help to improve the quality of your writing. Making sure that you have the latest technology upgrade is important in helping to make sure that your writing skills are up-to-date.

Easier To Publish Writing 

The rise of the internet has meant that it is much easier for anyone, anywhere in the world, to publish content. From publishing content on your own website, usually in the form of a blog, to guest posting on someone else’s blog, it is easier than ever to get your work published.  The ease of publishing content on social media platforms has added further to this, meaning that writing can reach wider audiences with greater ease.

“Lots of magazines and newspapers have expanded or completely moved to online content,” explains Vicky Richardson, a fiction writer at DraftBeyond and LastMinuteWriting. “This has provided writers with greater chances of seeing their work published. Similarly, self-publishing has become not only easier but also more respected over the last decade. With large companies such as Amazon offering affordable ways to self-publish, writers can now see their work in print without having to invest large sums of money. The move towards print-on-demand services has helped this even further, reducing the need to store large quantities of unsold books.”

Technology and gadgets are likely to continue to influence the way in which we write and particularly how we share and publish work. By using developing technologies to our advantage, we can improve not just the experience of writing, but also produce higher-quality content. 

Ashley Halsey is a mother of two children, who enjoys reading and traveling. Ashley is a professional writer at LuckyAssignments.com and Gumessays.com. When not writing, she enjoys attending business training courses.

 

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