Writing is generally divided into three processes: collecting materials and inspiration, choosing writing tools and writing, and choosing publishing platforms to publish articles.
From these three aspects, I will introduce some three writing-related apps that I think are essential in the process of writing for many years.
First, writing materials and inspiration are regular.
1 Find your own writing materials
The material is today's headlines, and its recommendation mechanism is an information resource library tailored based on users' interest points and browsing habits. When you go to inquire about some information resources, you can borrow this APP to refer to different opinions and messages. Netease News, one of my favorite news apps. You know, the absurdity and bizarre twists and turns of reality far exceed the imagination of the novel. You can choose a lot of news, tap writing points and adjust inspiration.
Weibo, a platform closely related to the hot topics of the times, can provide you with the latest writing materials. Of course, it depends on how you interpret a hot topic from your own perspective. Facts have proved that articles that keep up with hot spots and are well-founded from the perspective of novels are often very popular.
Zhihu, it's the most speculative and enlightening platform for you to look at things from another angle. It's nothing. You may find something unexpected. For example, I once wanted to write a novel on the theme of ancient mythology, and I got an article on the system of ancient mythology novels from Zhihu.
Look at what others are writing to find writing materials.
Learning nut novels, a very pure platform for publishing novels and poems, I contributed seven or eight novels, all of which sank into the sea. This APP is probably the "harvest" literary magazine in the APP industry. Look at the article inside. After all, editor-in-chief A Ding and editor-in-chief Zhang Butui are both very literary. In an instant, the page design is beautiful, and the style similar to simple books will be divided into some sections, such as reading, traveling, stories and so on. The articles on the first page are all relied on by the editor at the moment and have certain learning value.
Simple books, directly refer to the 7-day fever, 30-day fever and articles on the daily homepage, and see what everyone is reading recently and how those authors write them. The contents in the hot articles are of great reference value. By learning from others' materials and writing angles, you can get your own writing materials.
Douban, the articles on the homepage of Douban are mostly Douban diaries written by the popular author of Douban. Similarly, if you look at what others are writing and how to write, you will be pushed to the front page.
First, this popularity is very high, and many resident authors of "One" have mostly published physical books. One article a day can also be judged according to the number of likes, which articles will be more favored by readers.
Record your material and sudden inspiration.
Recording memos, I mean iPhone memos. I don't know much about memos of other mobile phones. This is my most commonly used mobile phone notebook. I will write down any thoughts on it for the time being, and I can also draw pictures. Brush function can meet the most basic needs. Hammer notes, there are two main reasons for leaving a memo about hammer notes. Hammer notes are beautiful enough to be made into "Weibo long picture", and the hammer notes support markdown editing.
There are cloud notes, and many news and web pages support synchronization to cloud notes, so it is very useful to collect materials. It is said that cloud notes support markdown, but they have not been used yet.
Evernote, I believe many people have heard of the power of Evernote, which is almost everywhere. The content of articles on most platforms can be synchronized to Evernote. This function is the same as a cloud note, but it seems that Evernote supports more platforms. Believe me, you must need an Evernote.
Wonderful list, daily management, an article is written in several sections, a novel is divided into several volumes and chapters, and so on. , you can use this APP, and daily management and project management are simple and direct.
Second, writing tools.
There are cloud notes and impression notes on the text. These two are competitors. The experience of writing is similar, depending on the face value and personal preferences to decide the choice. Sometimes I choose these two platforms to write because they support cloud synchronization. WeicoNote, which is specially made for headline articles in Weibo, can be used by writers who are used to publishing headline articles in Weibo to code words on their mobile phones.
Zine claims to be the most beautiful and versatile APP in the field of text typesetting, and it is most commonly used to save words and pictures. Its font, model, color and location are optional, and the page background is optional, which supports one-click publishing to Douban, WeChat and Weibo. I am the first choice for WeChat official account to post "long Weibo pictures" and text pictures.
Jane, recommend a price reduction. The articles published in simplified books are really beautiful, and the text size and paragraph spacing are the freshest.
Mind mapping, a few days ago published an article about reading list, using mind mapping, as follows:
Mind Map Many friends ask what it is made of, which is the "mind map" of this APP. Friends who think this relatively simple mind map may be used in the article can try it, and the operation is extremely simple. Third, release platform.
1 short story publishing platform
Rhino's short stories, a publishing platform, have a clear section. I have never understood the article recommendation mechanism here, and the editing and typesetting are also very strange, and the user experience is not as good as that of simplified books. I'm not a rhinoceros black, I'm just not used to it. ) Because many friends also wrote on it, the popularity is not bad. Let's try and experience it. The threshold of an article on the front page in an instant is much higher than that of a simple book, and its recommendation mechanism is that the editor decides whose article can be on the front page in an instant according to his own aesthetic judgment. So, if you hang out with the editor for a while, the quality of your article is not bad, and you can post an article on it. If the quality is not high and you don't know the editor, you will be wronged in an instant. I didn't get black for a while. After all, I have been to the home page three times and met an editor friend. )
At present, the best experience of simplified books is simplified books. The threshold for going to the home page is much lower than other platforms. After going to the home page, it depends on the popularity of the article to decide whose article can climb to the top of the home page. How humanized it is, it perfectly embodies the mechanism of fair competition. Whether you can get on the home page determines whether your article can pass the quality inspection and climb to the home page, and whether your article is good in quality or not. Actually, I am a Jane fan, which is why all my articles will be posted on Jane. Other platforms will selectively release some according to the mood. )
Nuts, comrades who are interested in pure literature and want to write serious novels (the concept is hard to say clearly, but you all know the meaning), can contribute to this APP. After all, most of the articles published above are famous and hard-working people in the field of serious literature.
First, the "An author group" is mostly well-known, well-known and has fans. It can be published, signed for sale, and exhibited in groups. The main target audience of the above article is 16-30-year-old college students, white-collar workers and other people. Of course, these people are also the main consumers of bestsellers.
Douban, it's written in Douban's diary. Maybe there will be articles recommended to the home page. No one has recommended me so far. )
Therefore, my favorite short story writing platforms for writers whose paragraphs rank too low are in order of preference: simplified books, moments, nuts, watercress, rhinoceros tales, and one. (Nut, many submissions were rejected, so I said my position was too low. )
2 self-publishing platform
Self-publishing and self-publishing support more short stories or photo collections of 30,000-50,000 words. Of course, novels and novellas can also be published. Netease cloud reading, Baidu reading, I have never experienced it, but it is not convenient to introduce it with such a platform.
Douban reading is the earliest rise, the most complete function, and the collection of works is relatively complete. My college graduation thesis studies douban reading. This platform supports short stories, novellas, novels, serials and columns, which is much more literary than online literature. It can be said that the works on this platform are between pure literature, network literature and chicken soup emotional literature. The threshold for publishing articles is much lower than that of literary magazines, and the user experience is quite good.
In short, if you are interested in short story collections, short stories, novellas and more literary creations, you can choose Douban reading platform. (The self-publishing function of Netease Cloud Reading and Baidu Reading is similar to that of Douban Reading. Just choose one. )
3 Media platform
WeChat official account, a self-media platform, is the most typical and earliest self-media platform. Now it has realized the functions of realizing articles, including appreciation, traffic, advertising and so on. As long as your fans are strong enough and you read enough, you will have meat to eat. This website talks too much. Almost everyone has an official WeChat account, so I won't mention it here. Today's headlines, in recent years, the self-media platform with the greatest support and the strongest ability to realize articles, as long as it is qualified for headline advertising, every article can realize income, and it will immediately enter your bank card next month. The higher the reading, the higher the income. Today's headline recommendation mechanism determines that even if you don't have many fans, as long as the article is good, you can reach hundreds of thousands of readings. If you do well enough and get the original qualification, you may get the "ten thousand yuan" subsidy plan promoted by them, and sponsor you to write ten thousand yuan articles every month. Is it tempting? I like the platform, writing stories on it, perseverance, there will be income. Netease media platform, Tencent media platform, Phoenix media platform, Sohu media platform, a little consulting media platform, QQ? Wechat official account, these are similar, you can publish articles. There is a word called "media matrix", which is to spread your articles in all directions and send them out on almost all platforms, and any platform may gain something. Now all kinds of websites are developing self-media platforms in various ways, all of which support users to write by themselves. No matter how you run, try. Anyway, after you write an article, the rest is to copy and paste it on these platforms, and it won't take too long to prevent unexpected happiness. Even if there is no unexpected joy, there is nothing to lose by increasing the exposure area and promotion of you and your article.
Any line that climbs to a comfortable position needs to stand at the top of the pyramid. There are many people who want to make a living by writing, and I am one of them. I envy watching others promote their new books every day. However, I will remind myself every day that others walk faster and better than you because they have paid a lot of things that you have not paid, so you should work hard.
Persevere in spite of difficulties. May it be beautiful.
Yin Gucheng, young screenwriter, signing author of Jianyi, signing author of Weibo, official account of WeChat | Weibo | Jianyi ID: Yin Gucheng.