

Whether you’re writing email, social media posts, your CV and so on, Grammarly will be there to make sure your text is on point.

You can type anywhere, at any time, and not need to worry about making a silly spelling mistake. This is quite possibly one of the best Chrome extensions on the market for content writers. This covers you for autocorrect mistakes as well! It simply underlines the word it thinks you are confused with and suggests corrections. The most basic version is a simple (free) browser extension that you enable and it corrects you as you go along. It goes beyond a standard spelling checker as it also highlights context, and provides explanation of text. Think of Grammarly as your spell check for the web, e-mail, and everywhere you write text. Grammarly (Free & Paid Plans) – We use this ourselves! If you opt for Scrivener take the time to master it and learn all the intricacies it provides. At first glance there might not be much apparent under the surface, but when you get accustomed to using keyboard shortcuts and some of it’s most advanced features such as adding notes to your text, pinning sources of research, and others. Scrivener is one of those tools that are easy to pick up and go, but also takes time to master. It is perfect for those times when you’re struggling with the introduction, but have an awesome conclusion you don’t want to forget. You can write content from different sections of a project, and combine it all later. It is a perfect tool for writing long-form content like eBooks and whitepapers. Scrivener’s familiar design makes it intuitive to use, and manage longer blocks of text and notes. It enables you to keep your notes, research and writing all in one place. Scrivener is ideal for when you are writing a lot of text for one project. Let’s talk about some of the ones we use here at Brand and Pepper, and others that are popular in the writer community.

We all have our favourite text editor, but there are some tools out there that will help take your content up a level or two. Yet as a content creator, specifically a writer, you have an arsenal of tools at your disposal to write great content. When thinking about content creation tools we often default to image and video editing software like the Adobe suite, or Final Cut Pro.
