10 Tools Needed to Get You on the Top 20 Percent Best Freelancers In the Writing Niche

Writing is a professional skill

Based on the niche that you are writing in, your skills keep adjusting. Clients in a different niche will require you to adjust your voice to fit the brand voice of their organization.

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To be successful in the world of writing, there are some tools that you will need to employ to keep you in the top 20% of freelancers who always have work to do and command a fair fee for your service.

Some of these are writing apps to help your writing stand out from the crowd and others are time management apps so that you can keep to your client’s schedule.

The list below is not exhaustive but it will assist you in becoming a part of the top 20 per cent most wanted freelancers skilled in the writing niche in the world.

They break things down as follows:

General Writing Apps

• 750 words

There are graphs and charts included in the 750 words app that help you see an improvement over a period of time.

• Google Docs

When you use google docs, you can access your document from any computer once you log in with your email address.

Grammar Tools

• Grammarly

This helps you spot mistakes in your work so that your writing or project can be error-free.

• Heminway

This helps you eliminate lengthy sentences and simplify multifarious sentences and jettison errors.

 

Productivity Apps

• Antisocial

You can use this to assign a specific amount of time for you to spend on social media and other apps and at the affixed time, it will shut you out of any app so you can focus on what matters, writing.

• Freedom

It helps to block apps from distracting you from your goal and helping you to focus on what you are doing.

• Rescue Time

It helps to track your time management so that you can utilize the better part of your time on writing.

 

Business Writing

• Copy Sentry

This app is one that helps to check for plagiarism

• Microsoft Word

This has many templates for writing letters, checklists, and resumes.

• Resume Writers

This helps you write your resume, your cover letter, and your Linkedin profile.