Ideal apps for writers

Until not many years ago, the pencil and paper was the key tool of every writer; many opted for the typewriter and later, also for the computer. However, with the irruption of the internet and new digital media, the writer needs tools that keep their attention focused, that help them organize their ideas and that they are integrated effectively on those platforms where it publishes.

Those who are dedicated to writing, whether it be works of fiction, in a blog or about the latest news in digital or print media, have in the Mac App Store an abundant variety of tools in the form of applications that will help you be more productive and that your creations enjoy higher quality. Today we present some of these apps for writers.

The best apps for writers and bloggers

Writing is quite a difficult task and requires a lot of mental effort. Even when you have to write news stories that you already have, you need to organize your ideas, avoid distractions and minimize these more purely "administrative" tasks in order to focus on what really matters, the text.

For all this, and much more, in the Mac App Store you have different apps specially designed for writers and bloggers, although not exclusively for them.

Pages

We start with the most basic, Pages, Apple's text editor. It must be recognized that its interface is not as beautiful as that of Word, however, it has important advantages such as:

• Great ease when it comes to illustrating your writing with images, being able to insert, resize and place them in a very very simple way.
• Perfect integration through iCloud with all your devices, so you can continue at any time and place from where you left off.
• Now it also supports collaborative work (in beta version), in such a way that it becomes a good tool when you are writing something together with another or other people.

iA Writers

iA Writers is one of the most minimalist text editors out thereIdeal for avoiding all distractions and focusing on the story you are trying to capture. At first glance, it is nothing more than a simple blank box to write on. The window has no borders and even the title bar disappears from view. Compatible with markdown, it focuses on the phrase you are writing at the time, and gives you information about the number of words written or how long it takes to read your text, among many other features.

MindNode

This is the perfect tool for organize your ideas or the data you have about what you have to write about. MindNode is the quintessential mind mapping app. “MindNode allows you to analyze, organize and share your ideas in an intuitive way to focus on the main concept. The simple interface allows you to concentrate on creating and relating ideas; and the infinite canvas means that MindNode can handle any project, no matter how big or complicated. "

. It doesn't matter if you are a novelist, journalist, student or blogger: if you like to write, and you write a lot, Ulysses gives you a set of optimized tools that undergoes every phase of the writing process »:

• Library that gives you access to everything you write.
• Synchronization through iCloud with all your computers and devices
• Markdown
• Converting your texts into PDF, ebooks, Word, web pages
• Connection and publication in WordPress and Medium
• Clean interface without distractions
• And much more

Pocket

Ideal tool for save in an orderly and categorized way all those sources of information that you find on the net, be they articles, images or videos. It stays in sync between all your devices and thanks to the Safari extension, saving a font is as easy as one click. Add tags and you can find the information you have saved quickly and easily.

You can download Pocket directly here.

Plus…

Along with these apps for writers, there are also many other alternatives inside and outside the Mac App Store that can be extremely useful, such as the WordPress app, MarsEdit, Blogo, Write, Apple's own Notes app, Notability ... Take a look and discover the ones that best suit your needs.