In today’s episode, we’re going to run through five essential resources every freelance writer should be using (and especially newcomers to the industry).

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In today’s episode, I’m going to be covering five essential resources that I think every freelance writer on the planet should be using…

And if you’re just getting started, these are five resources that you really should be looking to learn and use right off the bat.

Resource #1: Google Docs

If you’re not using Google Docs, start using it right now. Google Docs is the perfect writing tool for freelance writers.

First and foremost, it autosaves your work. This means you’re never in a position of losing stuff that you’ve already written.

If you’ve been writing for any length of time, you’ve felt the frustration of losing your work due to a computer crash, a malfunction of the app or tool you’re using – something of that kind. It’s the worst.

There’s no reason to ever have to experience that. And by using Google Docs, you’re going to skip that experience completely.

It’s going to autosave your work when you’re online, and it will even save your work in some capacity when you’re offline (provided you don’t close out of the app).

it’s a very simple, lightweight tool that allows you to just write. And as a freelancer, it has several advantages.

It’s very easy to share. It makes it very easy to collaborate with clients (the commenting, review and editing features are all very well done). It’s not complicated to learn, and it’s also not complicated to integrate into your processes.

Compared to tools like Microsoft Word, the formatting on Google Docs plays well with other apps.

If you’ve ever had to use a Word document in any application beyond Word itself, then you know how frustrating the built-in formatting can be. Luckily, Google Docs is the exact opposite.

It carries only the most basic formatting stuff that plays really nicely with WordPress and almost any app you’re going to use. It’s just a great overall word processor.

I’ve been using Google Docs for pretty much the entirety of my career. It’s how I send work to clients. It’s how I do work for my own businesses. And I would highly recommend it.

Resource #2: CopyAI

The second resource I would recommend to all freelance writers is actually the sponsor of this video: CopyAI.

CopyAI is a collection of tools that allow you to very easily and very quickly tap into GPT-3 artificial intelligence.

Now, if you aren’t familiar with GPT-3, it’s currently the most advanced writing AI in the world. It’s also the first AI to ever create language and content that is indistinguishable from human content for most readers.

Another two reasons I recommend CopyAI to pretty much any writer at any level of their career:

For writers on the earlier side of their career, CopyAI really allows you to generate ideas that typically would come with experience.

What I mean here is that, for me (as someone who’s been in the space for 10 years and written for hundreds of businesses), when I’m looking to create copy for a client, there’s a lot of sources that I can pull from in my mind.

Experiences,