Aug 22, 2022
Tips and tricks for blogging on City Cost
I usually compose in Google Docs which has a word and character count to keep me concise. Besides that, I sometimes use https://thewordcounter.com/ to keep me around the word limit so I don't get carried away. The Hemmingway app - https://hemingwayapp.com/ has been helpful when I write sentences that are too convoluted. It flags adverbs, passive voice, and sentences that are hard to read. Have you got some clever tips?
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on Aug 22
The Hemingway app sounds useful! I'm not the most grammatically correct writer and I have a habit of long sentences, so it will probably help tighten up the way I write. I've used Grammarly before, but the paid version offers more services than the free version and I don't really want to pay for the service. Like you, I use a word counter (https://wordcounter.net/) to help keep me on track with word counts. Sometimes when I haven't had an appropriate photo for an article topic I've written about, I've used Canva to design free blog graphics/header images. It's a great app and the free version is perfect for what I need it for. Also like you, I typically compose my articles in Google Docs. In the past I'd made the mistake of not doing that, and sometimes had my work disappear if there was an error submitting it. Learned my lesson!
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Another thing I tend to do frequently that I didn't mention in my original post was checking the news for content to write about. Sometimes I struggle to think of ideas for the blog prompts, particularly for recurring themes like working in Japan or family life in Japan, and sometimes news articles related to those topics help light a spark!
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