Writing

• http://hemingwayapp.com/ : paste in your text and it will suggest edits. It highlights sentences that are hard to read, alerts you of passive voice, keeps count of your adverbs, tells you the grade reading level of your writing
• LaTex: high quality writing system for research papers
• Lyx: document processor based on LaTex
• DarkRoom: full screen and distraction free writing program
• Scribus: desktop publishing software
• AResearchGuide.com: a research guide to writing research papers
• Harvard College Writing Center
• Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• https://hello.wridea.com/ : brainstorming ideas
• http://www.essaytyper.com/
• http://750words.com/ : write every day and get analyses
• https://readable.io/ : how readable is your writing
• http://www.essaypunch.com/ : interactive writing tutorial
• http://writtenkitten.co/ : pictures of kittens, puppies, or bunnies (your choice!) appear after every (your choice!) number of words

Typing

• https://www.typing.com/
• https://www.copypastecharacter.com/ : copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard
• http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ : quickly determine the font name from an image
• https://www.calligraphr.com/en/ create your own font
• http://www.iemoji.com/ : emoji keyboard for the computer (seriously?)

Dictionaries and Word Searching

• http://www.thesaurus.com/
• https://www.merriam-webster.com/
• http://www.words-to-use.com/
• https://onelook.com/
• http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ : find words on the tip of your tongue
• https://www.vocabulary.com/ : expand your vocabulary
• https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ : idioms
• https://www.wordhippo.com/ : find words you can’t think of but can describe
• https://www.etymonline.com/ : online etymology dictionary

Grammar

• https://www.grammarly.com/
• https://grammarbook.com/
• https://www.dailywritingtips.com/
• GrammarGirl: quick and dirty tips
• http://www.polishmywriting.com/ : check writing for spelling or grammatical errors