Choosing Writing Software Is Easy

by Ron King
There are many choices available to today's writers. From the cheapest to the most expensive the choice is entirely yours. Writing software can make your life easier and more organized. Whether you are an established writer or just starting out there is writing software available for you.

First, you need to figure out what features you are looking for in the writing software. You do this by first accessing your needs as a writer. What kind of writing do you do? Do you write screenplays, novels, technical writings, or a blend of things? Knowing what you are going to need from the writing software will make it much easier to pick out. From writing poems, to advertisements, to novels there is writing software out there for you. Here are a few that you can consider:

Write That Down is software that is geared towards agents, publishers, freelancers, and screen writers. The application has tabs for contests, publications, submissions, accounts, and many more. It offers things from both sides of the writing world, for the writers and publishers. This may be a little too much for some.

The Wizard of Words software works well for pretty much any writer. It has many different types of formatting, such as novels, short stories, articles, term papers, etc. If you are a book writer, the repair editing wizard can be quite helpful; it will reformat anything you need it to. The Wizard even has different tools for things such as query letters, mass mailing of letters, and book proposals. This software requires Microsoft Word 97 or higher.

Style Writer is a style and grammar checking software. It checks your writing in comparison to over 35,000 common language problems. You can change the type of writing it is checking and it changes to the document type. It has 15 specialized features that will help you in your writing ventures. You can add and delete the grammar and style advice. It will trace your progress and show you as you learn to stop making these mistakes on your own. When you install the software it melds itself with your own word processor.

Writers Block is a replacement for Microsoft word. This software is a word processor and spread sheet rolled into one. It allows you to write in blocks and then arrange them how you want. It has a power panel in which you enter the writing for the current block. It hangs above other programs so you can easily read from one page and type into the power panel.

Rough Draft is a free download program. Well, they would welcome donations but that is your choice. It is comparable to Microsoft word but is more user friendly. It has special modes for plays and screen writing. And it has an instant back up feature. Unfortunately, it does not have a grammar checker, tables, pictures, or footnotes.

A popular choice for written media publishing is Adobe Page Maker. You can type your text right into the formatted layout and has a new data merge feature that you can merge previously saved spreadsheets or other databases to create new projects.

That is just a brief overview of a few of the writing software products that looked interesting to me. During your writing journey, search for writing software that have multiple purposes, such as those software titles that create congressional letters, name generators, poetry, and jokes. Whether you are an inspiring new writer, an accomplished novelist that has been writing for years, or maybe a publisher or editor there is software out there for you.


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