Q: Hi.
I've had my eye on this deal for a while, but I'm still deciding whether it'll satisfy my ideal use case.
Although I see the benefit of content writing for my site as a means to drive in traffic, and I'd certainly appreciate a tool like this to help me figure out what to write to get relevant visitors to show up...
I admit that what I'm REALLY interested in is the research prospects that a tool like WriterZen could provide to make researching general interest topics easier, as well as a more convenient way to store and use that research for any writing project, not just SEO articles.
In short, I write novels, not SEO content (at least not exclusively). Part of the process of writing a good novel is to ensure that the story's details hold up, which means having solid research behind it. For those who write nonfiction books, the same rule applies.
Checking your site and various demonstration videos on YouTube (by reviewers mostly), I see that WriterZen is great for coming up with new idea threads within a core topic, like a classic bubble chart complete with branching topics (but focused on the central topic and its related questions more so than on clusters of related topics, like dogs inevitably leading to cats, which is obviously a different, if no less valuable use case).
My question is whether WriterZen would consider adding a research storage bank or exportable research section for writers who want to take notes on the content they find in research for use in longer form works like books or feature articles. As of now, it looks like I'd be able to check out a website with high domain authority to see what it says about a particular topic, but I don't see a way to record the notes I might find in the research, or for that matter, a way to store citations that could properly credit that source (in the case of nonfiction articles or books) prior to writing articles or books based on its content.
It may be beyond the scope of WriterZen to work as an all-purpose hub for researched content, but if it's ever in the plans to give writers a place to store their research for easy access during the writing process, I'd like to know. As of now, it looks like I'd have to keep my research notes elsewhere, but it would be nice if I could centralize the research process. I'm considering buying at least one code anyway, but having the means to store my research in the same place I conduct the research would likely tip me over.
On that same note, I wonder if you'd provide a research mode that seeks out quality content over popular content. Again, I understand that the purpose of this tool is to help bloggers rank in the search engines, but I think it could go much further if it helped out all writers, including those who just want to write quality work.
Thanks for your response. Looks like a great tool for what it does so far.
Have you seen Airstory? I think it will do what you need. It's a research tool developed by Copyhackers - primarily for copywriters. I use it when researching new topics/articles to write.
I can select text that I've been browsing on the web and, in one click, instantly highlight and save it as a note to Airstory. Airstory saves the text AND it saves the citation as well.
I can create multiple projects, save my notes to the relevant project, then when I'm ready I can drag and reorganize my notes into groups/lists to start building up a picture of the article I want to write. From there I open a new document and write my article.
I'm finding it a gamechanger for research.