We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.― Marshall McLuhan

I’m a hardcore believer that tools make our work easier, faster, and more effective. Without using the tools it’s hard to make desirable progress. Tools make complex things easy, and this is how we save lots of time.

Everything you can imagine, have tools for it.

There are thousands of writing tools available in the market, but most of them are useless or don't make any sense to use. Thus, of those thousands of online writing tools, I use only 5 writing tools to get more views and engagement on my post.

Here are my 5 tools —

Tool #1: Hemingway Editor

The very first tool I use to make my post better and more valuable is the Hemingway editor.

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What Is Hemingway Editor?

This tool helps you to make your post easy to read and fluent.

Hemingway editor makes your writing bold and clear. The tool highlights lengthy, complex sentences and common errors. I’m using this tool for such a long period of time and I found this tool very unique and superficial.

Why I Use This Tool (Benefits)

• Totally free of cost.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Some unique matrix.
• It actually makes posts better.

Check out the Hemingway Editor here

Tool #2: Effie

This is my favorite one.

A few weeks ago I came across this tool and found it insanely useful and valuable. The way they have designed their tool’s interface is incredible.

What Is Effie?

Effie is a writing tool that helps you organize your work in one place, it has a clean and simple interface with so many important features like Organized writing, note taking, mind mapping (I love this one), list-making, and aesthetic editing.

It helps you to spark your ideas into the screen in a very organized way with the least amount of effort. If you’re a writer who often faces writer’s block, then this tool is for you.

Period.

Let me give you some insights on how you can use this tool to make your work effective —

Effie allows you to write with no distraction (only One blinking cursor) —

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I’ve written some posts —

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I’ve created a mind mapping post —

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Mind mapping (V1) —

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V2. plus more — take a look at the right side of the screen —

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Why I Use This Tool (Benefits)

• Protects writer’s block.
• It’s completely free.
• Smooth interface.
• No distraction while writing (a big factor).
• Mind mapping (favorite.)
• Save me a lot of time.
• Downloadable mind map.
• Aesthetic editing feature.

It’s free, download the Effie here

Tool #3: ProWritingAid

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What Is ProWriting Aid

It’s a Grammarly alternative.

ProWritingAid is a tool that works as Grammarly, it corrects your spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. But there are some more features on the ProWritingAid. This is why I prefer using ProWritingAid.

It’s not mean I don’t use Grammarly. I use both.

Why I Use This Tool (Benefits)

• Free of cost.
• 90% Accuracy.
• No account need.
• It doesn't force me to correct my words ruthlessly.

Check out the ProWritingAid here

Tool #4: Thesaurus

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What Is Thesaurus

This is a website cum tool that gives you the synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms of any words.

If you've noticed, I never use fancy or cool words in my post. This website helps me to find stronger and easier words.

Why I Use This Tool (Benefits)

• Free to use.
• I’ve no alternatives.
• No account need.
• Improve my vocabulary.

Check out Thesaurus here

Tool #5: Share Through Headline Analyser

I can’t compromise with my headlines.

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What Is The Share through Headline Analyzer?

It’s a tool that shows you some matrix about your headline such as adding powers words, length of your headline, how strong your headline is, and so on.

It’s a great tool for making your headline better. Although I’m not dependent solely on such tools, but in some way, they help me a lot.

Why I Use This Tool (Benefits)

• Free of cost.
• 85% Accuracy.
• Clean and easy to understand.

Check out Headline Analyzer here

Final Thoughts

Every online writer should have these tools in their writing tools bucket.

The big part? These all are free tools, in order to use these tools you don’t have to pay a single dollar. One more thing, when it comes to tools. Be selective. You don't need to use hundreds or thousands of tools.

You just need a few right tools.

You can access all the tools here —

1. Hemingway
2. Effie (Must)
3. ProWritingAid
4. Thesaurus
5. Headline Analyser

I hope you find this post helpful and valuable.

Thanks for reading :)