What Editing Software Can Teach You about Your Writing

Brenda Berg offers a list of editing boards and apps to help polish your prose. Her best advice? Pay attention to the corrections so you can improve your writing.

Personally, I use Grammarly and the free version of Natural Writer. I then read the final draft out loud while Carol reads a copy, and, using four eyes (eight if you count our glasses), we catch even more typos.

Editing software can’t help you restructure your stories, recognize writing that’s dead on arrival, or suggest a truly beautiful phrase. For that, you need a local or online group (she recommends several) that doesn’t simply say, “Good job.”

Nicholas C. Rossis

This is a guest post by Brenda Berg, a professional consultant and tutor for college students and entrepreneurs with over 15 years experience in business management, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Brenda is passionate about covering topics on career, self-development, e-learning on her blog Letsgoandlearn.com. She believes that constant learning is the only way to success. 

What Editing Software Can Teach You about Your Writing

As every writer knows, the practice of writing can be a fulfilling, exciting and amazing pastime, whether practiced as a hobby or as a career. On the other hand, it can also be an incredibly frustrating, difficult and even daunting skill that leaves us pulling our hair out.

We all have our strengths and weaknesses but when it comes to editing our content, but sometimes, we are left feeling stumped. Luckily, especially in the more recent years where technology has flourished and become more accessible than…

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