Apps For Better Writing
Use these apps to help your child get his creative juices flowing – and improve his writing skills in the process.

HANX WRITER (hitcents.com; iOS)
A typing app that turns the iPad’s touch-based typing interface into an old-fashioned typewriter. Users experience the look and feel of various antique typewriters while word-processing and being able to e-mail or print documents.
FRIENDSTRIP KIDS PRO (friendstrip.com; iOS and Android)
A storyboard app in which users create comics and scripts, or choose from pre-written “strips” to make up their own stories.