Three Apps to Help Read More Efficiently

Posted: October 10, 2016

[caption id="attachment_12861" align="alignright" width="254"] Image from thewritelife.com[/caption] Reading is surprisingly a big part in the growth of a writer. Finding the time to read, and finding good content to help you grow, can be a bit of a struggle at times. Here are three apps to help you to find great content and help you read more efficiently. Sara Frandina, writer for The Write Life, shares apps to help you to read more efficiently.

Want to Read More? Do it Efficiently With These Three Apps

I am a writer. I am a writer. I am a writer. Okay, this isn’t Beetlejuice, and 3,000 words aren’t suddenly going to pop out of my head after repeating that mantra three times. What will it do? Remind me — as I’m furiously attempting to read every single blog post that’s new today from every single blogger — that writers gotta write. A case of overconsumption Let me back up. One of my best pieces of advice for any writer, anywhere, is that if they want to be a better writer, they need to read. (It’s actually three of my top five suggestions — it’s that important.) Yet somewhere along the line, especially as a solopreneur in this freelancing economy, it gets all too easy to be a professional content consumer who is rarely the one creating. And it’s hard to find a good case for overconsumption. Even in the name of learning. At some point, the pendulum will swing and that third fourth re-read of Stephen King’s On Writing just won’t push you any further, even if he is a genius. Instead, we need to call all of this content consumption what it is: a fancy form of procrastination. You’re wasting time that could be spent putting your butt in the chair and pounding out your own words. Read the entire article Want to Read More? Do it Efficiently With These Three Apps on The Write Life.