Easy to Generate RSS Utilities?

["Patrick <pgrote@yahoo.com>" <pgrote@yahoo.com>]

I am hoping you can help me out here ... a while back I figured out 
the RSS format through trial and error and created one for a site I 
used to own. It was .92. Now there is a new format, etc.  

I can download someone's RSS file and cut and paste my info into it, 
but it's not the timeliest way of doing it.

A couple of questions:
1) Is there an application I can use to put my text in manually and 
the application create the file? My site is primarily reviews and 
articles. I would imagine something that let's me put in a title 
field, text blurb, author, date, etc. 
2) What are some of the easier to use screen scraping RSS generators?

The site is straight HTML and I am not using a content management 
system. 

I really hope this was the correct forum. I do not have a programming 
background, but I am technically inclined. Thanks!