The Only 4 Writing Tools You Actually Need

Told by someone who has far too many.

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I am easily influenced.

I am an advertiser’s dream.

And I am especially essential to brands selling any writing product for any type of writing.

My bedroom bookcase only houses notebooks.

I have four different planners.

My Freewrite is sitting beside me as I type this on my laptop. I have Microsoft Word open. Google Drive. Scrivener. Reedsy. Evernote. Trello. WriterDuet. Obsidian. Goodnotes. Way too many downloads from Pinterest on journal prompts and character creations.

While I love these—really, really love them—I know my fatal flaw is that I’m a writing product hoarder.

I know I don’t need this many products.

But if I were forced to only keep a few, I know what I’d choose.

Four Perfect Writing Tools

One Writing Software

Even if you haven’t experimented with a thousand different writing programs, it’s likely you’ve tried at least a couple.

Say you love Microsoft Word but couldn’t bear to part with Google Drive.