Websites and apps supporting academic writing

These resources provide strategies for the writing process (scholarly and general)

Writing productivity
Word banks and skeletons
Pomodoro apps
Citation managers

see also misc. writing and publishing-related resources from the CUNY Graduate Center Writing Center


Writing productivity

  • Worksheets from Wendy Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (see Week 1 re. calendaring and time management)
  • Raul Pacheco’s blog (find by category)(hat tip to M. Smale)
    In-depth discussion of all phases and facets of scholarly writing, particularly in the social sciences
  • NCFDD Core Curriculum, Every Semester Needs a Plan Video: guides the writer through time management and accountability strategies. Scroll down the page to find the video.

Word banks and skeletons


Pomodoro apps

forest focus app


Citation managers