IDAPython script to create strings the way I like, just do W at the base of a string, only tested on IDA7

do_strings.py

# Press W, creates string there, creates align/word, renames to a non-conflicting name
import idaapi, idc, inspect
from io import BytesIO

def get_selected_bytes():
    #BOOL multiple, start, end
    selected = idaapi.read_selection()
    curr_ea = idc.get_screen_ea()
    return [selected, curr_ea]

def getstr(f):
    ret = b"";char = f.read(1)
    while char != b"\x00":
        ret += char
        char = f.read(1)
    return ret

def do_clean():
    selected, curr_ea = get_selected_bytes()
    if selected[0] == True: #selected range
        curr_ea = selected[1]
        while curr_ea < selected[2]:
            if curr_ea % 4: #align
                curr_ea += (4 - (curr_ea % 4))
            #if a string is bigger than 512 bytes we're in trouble
            f = BytesIO(idc.get_bytes(curr_ea, 512))
            string = getstr(f)
            idc.create_strlit(curr_ea, curr_ea + len(string))
            set_name(curr_ea, "str_%08X" % curr_ea)

            curr_ea += len(string)
            align = 0
            if curr_ea % 4:
                create_align(curr_ea, (4 - (curr_ea % 4)), 2)
                curr_ea += (4 - (curr_ea % 4))
            else:
                create_dword(curr_ea)
                curr_ea += 4
    else: #just do it once
        if curr_ea % 4: #align
            curr_ea += (4 - (curr_ea % 4))
        #if a string is bigger than 512 bytes we're in trouble
        f = BytesIO(idc.get_bytes(curr_ea, 512))
        string = getstr(f)
        idc.create_strlit(curr_ea, curr_ea + len(string))
        set_name(curr_ea, "str_%08X" % curr_ea)

        curr_ea += len(string)
        align = 0
        if curr_ea % 4:
            create_align(curr_ea, (4 - (curr_ea % 4)), 2)
            curr_ea += (4 - (curr_ea % 4))
        else:
            create_dword(curr_ea)
            curr_ea += 4

def load_hotkeys():
    # https://gist.github.com/bNull/6003874
    ENABLED_HOTKEYS = [("W", do_clean)]

    for func in ENABLED_HOTKEYS:
        func_name = inspect.getmembers(func[1])[-1][1]
        if idaapi.add_hotkey(func[0], func[1]):
            print "[+] Bound %s to %s" % (func_name, func[0])
        else:
            print "[-] Error: Unable to bind %s to %s" % (func_name, func[0])

load_hotkeys()