7 Amazing Apps & Sites to help you Write Your Autobiography

<p style="margin-bottom: 0;">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've gathered a <strong style="font-size: 20px; background-color: transparent;">list of useful websites and apps that will definitely help you write your autobiography</strong><span style="font-size: 20px; background-color: transparent;">! So, here are 7 of our favourites:</span></p>

<h2>1. Organise your ideas with <strong>Evernote</strong></h2>

<p><a href="https://evernote.com/"><strong>Evernote</strong></a> 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.</p>

<h2>2. Focus on your writing with <strong>Writer</strong></h2>

<p>Compared to other word processors,<span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesmc.writer&feature=search_result%23?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5qYW1lc21jLndyaXRlciJd"><strong>Writer</strong></a> offers a more ‘basic’ writing experience.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<h2>3. Find fellow autobiographers with <strong>Meetup</strong></h2>

<p>In case its name didn’t give it away, <a href="https://www.meetup.com/topics/writing/"><strong>Meetup</strong></a> 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!</p>

<h2>4. Find interesting courses on <strong>Udemy</strong></h2>

<p>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. <a href="https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=memoir writing&src=ukw"><strong>Udemy</strong></a> 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.</p>

<h2>5. Join <strong>The Memoir Writing Club</strong></h2>

<p>In 2012, <a href="https://www.thememoirwritingclub.com/"><strong>the Memoir Writing Club</strong></a> (MWC) 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.</p>

<h2>6. Write your autobiography mistake-free with <strong>Grammarly</strong></h2>

<p>‘<em>Let’s eat grandpa’</em> or rather ‘<em>Let’s eat, grandpa’</em>? We can all agree that the comma makes a huge difference here. To make sure that your writing is mistake-free and unambiguous, the <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/"><strong>Grammarly</strong></a> app helps by checking your writing - in addition, it even suggests changes to make your sentences easier to read.</p>

<h2>7. Scan your old photos with <strong>PhotoScan</strong></h2>

<p><a href="https://www.google.com/photos/scan/"><strong>PhotoScan</strong></a> is a 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.</p>

<p>Hopefully, these apps and sites will help to get you started on your biography, life story or memoir! If you haven't already checked them out, have a read of these <a href="http://blog.storyterrace.com/uk/7-must-reads-writing-your-life-story" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">7 inspirational writing blogs</span></a> before you start writing your story!</p>