What do you use to write your articles?

danaprince

18 years ago

I do it the old-fashioned way with Word but I've heard good things about White Smoke.

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KenJ 18 years ago

I have just moved to open office from word.

I have tried "helpful" sofware but it doesn't help me

I know how to write so I just write - it is a lot quicker for me and better
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danaprince

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Tom Borowski

I just took a look at the sales page for White Smoke. I might be misjudging here, but what a piece of deceptive, maybe even outright false, advertizing.

The feature list on the page The inclusive English grammar,text enrichment,thesaurus & punctuation writing software shows checkmarks for every feature for White Smoke and an 'x' for "Other Products".

"Works Everywhere" - What's that supposed to mean? Can I use it under water?

"Dictionary-Thesaurus" - Ooh. Unique.

"Letter Templates" - Gimme a break.

"Add-on Multi-Lingual Dict." - Yeah, NObody else has that!

"NLP Technology" - Yeah, right. They're using NLP on the sales page for sure...

I'm not judging the product, I'm judging the sales page. If White Smoke is more and better than its name suggests, I'll gladly recant

I have no idea from personal experience. I've read a few positive reviews, that's all

(nope, they didn't have affiliate links.)

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Allen Graves 18 years ago

Notepad.

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shrinagesh

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Tom Borowski

I just took a look at the sales page for White Smoke. I might be misjudging here, but what a piece of deceptive, maybe even outright false, advertizing.

The feature list on the page The inclusive English grammar,text enrichment,thesaurus & punctuation writing software shows checkmarks for every feature for White Smoke and an 'x' for "Other Products".

"Works Everywhere" - What's that supposed to mean? Can I use it under water?

"Dictionary-Thesaurus" - Ooh. Unique.

"Letter Templates" - Gimme a break.

"Add-on Multi-Lingual Dict." - Yeah, NObody else has that!

"NLP Technology" - Yeah, right. They're using NLP on the sales page for sure...

I'm not judging the product, I'm judging the sales page. If White Smoke is more and better than its name suggests, I'll gladly recant

:LOL: Thats really funny. I don't usually laugh out loud, but "can i use it underwater?" made me :lol:. thx loads.

Now for the answer to the question, I use good ol' word. To remove the smart tags, i have to copy to notepad and re-format on wherever i'm pasting. Cumbersome *sigh*.

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drkellogs

18 years ago

Google Docs

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Easy Cash

18 years ago

Microsoft Word

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Zeus66

18 years ago

Steps for creation of superior articles:

1. Procure highest quality ink to fill ink well.
2. Place a stack of highest grade vellum on writing desk.
2. Ensure plentiful supply of quills (fine point).
3. Instruct manservant to refuse all callers and solicitations.
4. Lock door to study.
5. Fill pipe with finest tobacco from the West Indies.
6. Engage imagination and let the words flow through quill onto page.

Or Notepad. Whatever.

John

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Shannon Herod

18 years ago

I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9.5 inside of DragonPad. It works wonders for me and I can crank out articles in record time.

The accuracy is amazing and the more you use it the better it gets.

So far this entire message is 100% dictated and there has not been any errors.

I'm going to start speaking very fast at a pace of probably 140 words per minute without looking at the screen.

I will then go back and let you know if there are any errors if any.

In my experience most of the time there will not be any errors. If there are, it is very few.

I can rattle on for minutes just like this without any errors.

Okay, there was actually one error. That is not bad for rattling on at a very fast pace.

If you think about it, you can write 500 word articles in the matter of two or three minutes at that pace.

Shannon

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Andy Money 18 years ago

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Steven Wagenheim

18 years ago

I actually write my articles in my AOL email program because it has a "spell
check as you go feature".

But truthfully, I could use Notepad. You really don't need anything fancy.
Just make sure you have some way to check spelling and grammar after
you're done.

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TheVCF

18 years ago

MS Word.
-- Good for Spelling and Grammar Checking and getting Word Counts!

Copy to Notepad to remove MS specific formatting.
Copy into WordPress (WP) Post Editor.
...

I hope this helps and Have a Great Day!

- Michael

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waken

18 years ago

Originally Posted by TheVCF

MS Word.
-- Good for Spelling and Grammar Checking and getting Word Counts!

Copy to Notepad to remove MS specific formatting.
Copy into WordPress (WP) Post Editor.
...

I hope this helps and Have a Great Day!

- Michael

Hey, exactly what I'm doing too. MS Words is also handy in checking synonyms. Just right click and choose synonyms to see what other words that you want to use.

However, pasting it on Notepad to remove the formatting do not always work if you want to submit the article to EZA though..

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CassieT

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Shannon Herod

I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9.5 inside of DragonPad. It works wonders for me and I can crank out articles in record time.

The accuracy is amazing and the more you use it the better it gets.

So far this entire message is 100% dictated and there has not been any errors.

I'm going to start speaking very fast at a pace of probably 140 words per minute without looking at the screen.

I will then go back and let you know if there are any errors if any.

In my experience most of the time there will not be any errors. If there are, it is very few.

I can rattle on for minutes just like this without any errors.

Okay, there was actually one error. That is not bad for rattling on at a very fast pace.

If you think about it, you can write 500 word articles in the matter of two or three minutes at that pace.

Shannon

But then you have to go back and correct all your errors (or pay a copyeditor/proofreader to do it). I picked up at least a half dozen errors in your first five paragraphs.

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Steven Carl Kelly

18 years ago

Notepad all the way.

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grumpyjacksa

18 years ago

noooo

i'm kinda primitive with this still............

right hand
left hand
keyboard
3% of brain
notepad....

so far so good. just need to learn to use more than 4 fingers when typing. will probably increase speed by 200 - 300 %

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Junaid Gamieldien

18 years ago

I use Q10: Q10

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ericseminara

Banned 18 years ago

I use MS Word-- I can get word count and some synonyms through it. I've turned the grammar correction feature off since it is often wrong--especially with subject-verb agreement. I've got a soft cover thesaurus I consult.

The best program won't help you much if writing is not your forte.

There are key word density and other programs that help you assess % unique content. Article spinners only work if you have a lot of control over how the words are substituted--even then it takes a huge amount of work and is generally not worth it.

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AgileHosting

18 years ago

Depends on my mood...

Text Edit (OS X basic text app)

Word (although I'm always worried that Word is going to somehow 'eat' my doc)

or, a spiral-bound notebook with one of my favorite Pentel R.S.V.P. medium-point black ink pens.

Of course nothing of any quality is ever produced using any sort of pen other than a Pentel R.S.V.P. medium-point black ink pen. LOLOLOLOLOL

Bailey

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Chris_L

18 years ago

I write with notepad. After I'm done writing, I copy and paste the text into Microsoft Word to double check spelling and grammar.

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CassieT

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Ben Roy

Curious what software people use to write articles. I've seen a bunch of products out there like 'article writing software' or some such, but I just use Word. It seems to work pretty well.

How about you guys?

People write articles, software doesn't.

I believe the closest thing to old-fashioned pen and paper (or typewriter) is MS Word.

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jennstall

18 years ago

I use Notepad, and occasionally I will actually write out an article in long hand if I'm getting writer's block sitting in front of the screen or I'm away from my desk.

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Brad Spencer 18 years ago

I've used notepad, open office, and word...and I'm sticking to word.

Lots of PLR comes in Notepad but I always have to put it in word to edit. I hate having to hit enter to keep the words in order (notepad)

Open Office is a good free alternative...but Word came with my laptop.

At the end of the day...Microsoft Word is best for me.

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Ben Roy

18 years ago

Originally Posted by jennstall

I use Notepad, and occasionally I will actually write out an article in long hand if I'm getting writer's block sitting in front of the screen or I'm away from my desk.

I highly doubt that I could actually write an entire 500 word article on paper. Besides that fact that it would be completely unintelligible, my hand would have cramped up by the second paragraph and I'd never make it to the end.

Sometimes I get really angry that I had to suffer the indignity of getting my only 'C' every year in gradeschool in a class that would turn out to be not only completely unimportant to my life, but almost irrelevant to the world at large (handwriting).

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W.P. Allen 18 years ago

I either write them myself or have someone at Need-An-Article.com write a few for me <---not affiliate link...
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jennstall

18 years ago

Oh my hand does cramp. Horribly. LOL

My handwriting is also horrendous and sometimes I can't even decipher it myself when I'm transcribing, but writing out long hand just has an amazing way of breaking through any blocks I have. Most of the time, I do what everyone else does. I type. Writing by hand is far too painful to do it all the time. I usually feel like a feeble arthritic cripple afterwards. But sometimes I just have to.

Originally Posted by Ben Roy

I highly doubt that I could actually write an entire 500 word article on paper. Besides that fact that it would be completely unintelligible, my hand would have cramped up by the second paragraph and I'd never make it to the end.

Sometimes I get really angry that I had to suffer the indignity of getting my only 'C' every year in gradeschool in a class that would turn out to be not only completely unimportant to my life, but almost irrelevant to the world at large (handwriting).

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tdpubs

18 years ago

I've tried a variety of software for writing and settled on this routine:
I use MS Word with a template that I set up for creating articles consistently. I then push the article through a program called Equi Buzz for checking keyword density. After that I copy and paste into article diretory. or Article Submitter.

Dennis Francis

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TimS

18 years ago

I use a combination of Article Architect and Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Great organization and great speed combined.

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SimonRiver

18 years ago

I used to use instant article wizard, but it's such a, how do I put this, ineffective tool. Because the database that it references from and pulls articles from is very limited.

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Kevin Caldbeck 18 years ago

I have found that due to my total lack of writing/spelling/and grammer skills that it is better that I not attempt such things.

So I do the next best thing...have my wife write them

In the past I had asked her to just proofread what I had written, well she would end up re-writing just about the whole thing. So I just figured why not cut out the middle man (ME) and let her do it all.

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- Chri5123 18 years ago
  
  I use Notepad as well and then spell check it afterwards.
  
  Alot quicker that way!
  
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noodle24

18 years ago

Ben you have me beat! I use my good ol' fashioned text editor. It's never failed me!

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