Storybird is a website for those looking more on the side of improving their writing skills rather than just posting what they have created. The site offers prompts and courses that will help you turn that white paper into black and white. Although it seems to be directed more towards the younger crowd it doesn't limit you too much.
When you are ready to start writing, it gives you many different starts including starting with a picture, a challenge (Prompt), or if you are really struggling, it will give you a "how to start writing" or a course to teach you some techniques or ways to solve the problems you are having. A problem I saw when looking through all the site offers, I noticed when you start writing, the only way to have pictures is if you take one from the website. You can't upload your own from what I've seen. Another issue is with those who decide to do poetry. You are given a word bank instead of a text box. You then drag and drop words from the word bank onto a picture that you chose. That part is very limiting. I would give this tool a 2/5. If you are there to learn or write long novels, you are given all the tools necessary to do that. However, if you are there for poetry or art books/picture books, you may feel very limited on your creative freedom. To check out this tool for yourself: https://storybird.com/
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