I Use These Awesome Tools for Writing
Tags: writing, misc
Published: 2020-04-08 06:16:53

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![2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_231148.png](https://coderscat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_231148.png)

Figure 1: Photo by Eugen Str on Unsplash

After several months of writing, I found my favorite tools and workflow.

Here it’s the list; I will update it whenever I found more useful tools.

## Writing

### Editors

I’m an Emacs user, and `org-mode` is an awesome package for writing documents. `org-mode` can export files to the format of HTML or markdown. I blogging with [org2blog](https://github.com/org2blog/org2blog), push my post to WordPress conveniently.

![2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_230227.png](https://coderscat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_230227.png)

My WordPress is hosted on [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8238675), Vultr is easy to use and the cost is low enough for beginners.

I also write some Markdown files, and [typora](https://typora.io/) is the best markdown editor.

### Writing assistant

[grammarly](https://app.grammarly.com/) is a tool for English writing clear and effective. I use a premium version for checking my typos or any other syntax errors in English writing. Most of the time, it helps for error-free writing, but don’t rely on it too much. This kind of error checking program can not be flawless.

## Pictures and illustration

### Free images

In most posts, I would like to find a suitable feature picture for my pieces.

[unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) is my favorite. There are thousands of images and pictures created by lots of artists. Most important, according to [the license](https://unsplash.com/license), we can use these resources freely.

[pixabay](https://pixabay.com/) is another similar website that contains free images.

### Visualization tools

If I want to draw a diagram, flowchart, or visualize my ideas, I will choose [creately.com](http://creately.com).

It contains many professional templates and shapes, and the UI is convenient.

![2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_224157.png](https://coderscat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_224157.png)

In some scenarios, I also want to draw some features illustrations. I mainly use these illustrations as features covers.

[icons8.com](https://icons8.com/vector-creator) is an excellent tool for this task. I use icons8 to create this:

![2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_224428.png](https://coderscat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020_04_01_tools-i-used-for-writing.org_20200403_224428.png)

I use [freelogodesign.com](http://freelogodesign.com) to design a logo.

## File management

Since I write all my posts with `org-mode`, all of my posts are stored as plain text files.

I use Dropbox to sync all the files to the remote server so that I could work on multiple devices without any pain.

I also use Git for version control, but I don’t commit every day. Because Dropbox will backup for me at any time.

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