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Here Are Some Tools Erica Uses
Grammarly
Grammarly is a plug-in tool that can monitor your writing across multiple platforms and apps. It can help with word choice, spelling, and grammar. Paid versions can even help you avoid sounding "some kinda way" or being too wordy!
LibreOffice
LibreOffice believes cost shouldn't stand in the way of your ability to write. This free, open-source, software is compatible with all of the same file types as Microsoft Word! Use it for work. Let your kids use it for school. Money shouldn't be an obstacle.
Cliché Finder
Clichés can be a useful way to get a point across quickly - but it's important to make sure your work isn't full of them. Work full of tropes and clichés tends to come across as fake. We don't want that - people need to read the "real" you!
Hair Stuff
No, this has absolutely nothing to do with writing, my job, or anything like that. But "OMG What do you use in your hair?" is easily the top question I get.
I absolutely will not start a hair blog (they're so much work! Respect to you beauty bloggers out there.) so why not just save us all the trouble and pop the products here?
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Freedom
Real talk: I get distracted by anything and everything. Even "nothing" is enough to distract me. Freedom allows you to block certain sites from yourself when you need to - and sync that blackout time across your devices. No more blocking yourself from social media on your computer only to grab your phone and hop on.
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Milanote
Tired of drawing arrows, bubbles and lines all over the place? Workspace covered in notebooks and post-its? Milanote let's you throw the restriction of linear thought out the window and give yourself a "bird's eye view" of your story, the development, and connections.