7 Amazing Apps & Sites to help you Write Your Autobiography

June 14, 2017
June 14, 2017 Theo Brainin

7 Amazing Apps & Sites to help you Write Your Autobiography

Old Manual Typewriter

Writing your life story can be difficult. Even if you think it through carefully, everything ends up looking different on paper. To give you a hand, we have gathered a list of useful websites and apps that will definitely help you write your autobiography! So, here are 7 of our favourites:

1. Organise your ideas with Evernote

Write your autobiography with Evernote app

Evernote helps you gather your thoughts and have them available on all your devices. With this app, you can easily create multiple notes, project to-do lists and archive what has been written as well as share your ideas with others.

 

2. Focus on your writing with Writer

 

Compared to other word processors, Writer offers a more ‘basic’ writing experience.

From taking notes to writing longer texts on your phone or tablet, Writer keeps it simple by leaving out unnecessary features that may disturb the writing process.

 

 Write your autobiography with Writer app

3. Find fellow autobiographers with Meetup

Meetup app

In case its name didn’t give it away, Meetup is an online social networking program used for organising and coordinating different meetups in various localities with people that have common interests. So if you want to exchange your thoughts on how to write your autobiography or get inspired by other people’s experiences, Meetup is a great platform to meet fellow writers near you!

 

4. Find interesting courses on Udemy

Udemy site

After finally having gathered your thoughts, getting into the creative flow of writing your memoirs can still be difficult. After all, writer’s block is not exclusive to professionals. Udemy is an online platform that offers a broad range of classes and courses for all kinds of topics. Just type in ‘memoir’ to find lots of courses to help you out.

 

5. Join The Memoir Writing Club

Memoir Writing Club site

In 2012, the Memoir Writing Club was founded by Irene Graham based on the idea that everybody has a story to tell. The MWC is a resource for writing courses – compared to Udemy, there may be less choice, but it provides a specialised service focused on memoirs and autobiographies.

 

6. Write your autobiography mistake-free with Grammarly

Write your autobiography with Grammarly ext

Let’s eat grandpa’ or rather ‘Let’s eat, grandpa’? We can all agree that the comma makes a huge difference here. To make sure that your writing is mistake-free and unambiguous, the app Grammarly helps by checking your writing – in addition, it even suggests changes to make things easier to read.

 

7. Scan your old photos with PhotoScan

PhotoScan app

PhotoScan is a new scanner app from Google Photos. The app makes it easy for you to save and scan old printed photos glare-free by only using your phone’s camera. Another feature is that it automatically crops, rotates and enhances your scans.

 

‘Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.’

Isabel Alende

 

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