Recommended Resources and Tools for Creatives
Many of the resources here are completely free. Of the ones that aren’t, some contain affiliate links. If you use them, I’ll get a small commission — though there is no extra cost to you. I recommend these resources because I use them myself and have a lot of experience with them. Remember that for each resource, there are other options out there – these are simply what I use and love.
My Recommended Tools For Creative Writers
Sudowrite is my top choice for AI writing assistance for fiction writers. This was the first AI writing tool developed just for creative writers, and it's still the best in my opinion!
I love its creative features, such as the brainstorming tool (great for coming up with character and story ideas), the describe function (which lets you 'show, not tell' with descriptive language), and the Story Bible that helps you organize and outline your story.
Jasper AI is the hands-down best AI writing assistant for creatives who need help with marketing and copywriting. It's a fantastic AI writing tool that uses templates rather than prompts. This makes it much easier to use for anyone who is new to writing with AI!
I love using Jasper's templates for emails, blog post paragraphs, and landing pages!
ProWritingAid is the best editing and grammar-checking software for creative writers!
It checks for all the usual grammar and spelling errors, and it can also help you re-write your text to adjust for tone of voice or style, and can look for overused words in your writing (and will suggest alternatives!).
It also gives you one AI critique of a chapter or text each day (Beta mode).
Scrivener is a great software for writers who need some assistance with organizing their characters and plot.
It's an affordable program that is designed to be a word processor for book and novel writers. I like that it allows you to easily keep track of your characters, plot points, and worldbuilding facts all in one place.
It's great for writers who are writing multiple novels in a series, as it allows you to easily go back and check your facts from previous stories.
My Recommended Tools for Video Creators
Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI is the best software for making your videos high-resolution and beautiful! It can remove motion blur and video artifacts and even update and improve old home movies.
Topaz Labs is a high-quality, downloadable software program for increasing your video resolution up to 16K.
Invideo is a high-quality AI video tool. It can help you create easy AI-generated videos from just a text prompt. These videos include background music, stock video footage, and text on-screen!
You can also use invideo's AI to help you edit your own videos faster, add custom AI voiceovers and cute on-screen images, and use their huge stock footage library.
Pictory is an AI video editing program that is amazing for making videos for social media. I love their huge stock footage library, and the variety of on-screen fonts, images and cute graphics.
One of the most useful features is that you can use their AI to quickly extract short clips from your longer-form videos. This is great for anyone who wants to post IG reels or YT shorts!
Make sure you use the code "neil65" to get 50% off your Pictory subscription!
HeyGen is the best AI avatar generator for social media videos! It's got a unique AI technology that allows you to "clone" yourself as an AI avatar. This can help influencers and solopreneurs make lots of videos quickly and easily!
Plus, you can also use their very realistic-looking avatars if you don't want to use a clone of yourself.
My Free Tools and e-Books
Love reading or listening to horror books?
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Are you a screenwriter or novelist looking to organize and outline the beats of your story? Click to download my fillable 15-step beat sheet worksheet!
Are you a writer looking to write your next novel, short story, or screenplay but having trouble getting started?
Click to download your free copy of my e-book, The Art of Beginning!
If you're a screenwriter or indie filmmaker, you know how important your movie's logline is!
Click to download my free logline template worksheet and easily write your next logline!
