Writing & Content Creation
Writing doesn’t have to start with a blank page — and it doesn’t have to be perfect first time either.
Today’s AI writing tools are designed to support the writing process, not replace it. They can help you brainstorm ideas, improve clarity, summarise information, refine tone, and organise your thoughts — whether you’re writing for work, study, or personal projects.
This page brings together practical, beginner-friendly AI tools that make writing feel more manageable, focused, and intentional.
Idea Generation & Drafting
Tools that help you get ideas out of your head and onto the page..
Chat GPT
A versatile AI writing assistant that helps with brainstorming, outlining, drafting, rewriting, and exploring ideas. Useful for everything from emails and essays to blog posts and creative writing.
Claude
An AI assistant designed for longer documents, deeper thinking, and structured reasoning. Particularly helpful for drafting reports, guides, and long-form content.
Writesonic
An AI writer that supports blog posts, web copy, summaries, and structured content creation with built-in templates for common writing tasks.
Clarity, Editing & Style
Tools that help refine what you’ve written — improving flow, tone, and readability.
Grammarly
Checks grammar, spelling, clarity, and tone in real time. Useful for everyday writing, emails, documents, and professional communication.
Wordtune
Helps rephrase sentences for clarity, tone, or simplicity while keeping your original meaning intact.
Hemingway Editor
Highlights complex sentences, passive voice, and readability issues to help make writing clearer and more direct.
ProWritingAid
Provides deeper analysis of writing style, structure, and readability. Particularly useful for long-form writing and creative projects.
Paraphrasing & Summarising
Tools for rewriting text, shortening long content, or understanding information more quickly.
QuillBot
An AI paraphrasing and summarising tool that helps reword sentences, condense long text, or explore alternative phrasing.
Notion AI
Built into Notion, this tool helps summarise notes, rewrite text, generate structured content, and organise information inside your workspace.
Research-Supported Writing
Tools that support fact-finding, context, and informed content creation.
Perplexity AI
A research assistant that searches the web in real time and provides clear, sourced answers — useful for background research and verification.
Anyword
Analyses writing for engagement and clarity using data-driven insights, helping refine copy for specific audiences or goals.
Creative Writing Support
Tools designed to support storytelling, fiction, and creative flow.
Sudowrite
Built for authors and creative writers, Sudowrite helps with character development, plot ideas, descriptions, and overcoming writer’s block.
Writing as Part of Smart Working
Writing is at the centre of how we work, learn, and communicate — and AI can remove friction from that process when used thoughtfully.
These tools work especially well alongside:
productivity systems
research tools
AI personal assistants
They’re not about writing more — they’re about writing with more clarity and confidence.
Good writing doesn’t come from rushing or perfectionism — it comes from thinking clearly and revising with intention.
AI tools can support that process quietly in the background, helping you focus on ideas, meaning, and communication — one sentence at a time.
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