Think about your favorite authors\u2014the ones whose books deeply affected your life. Do you know what all of them had in common?<\/p>\n
None of them used special book writing software to write their book.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Yet, this is where many beginning and amateur writers start. They spend so much time searching for the \u201cperfect\u201d book writing software (among other tools) that will magically make their writing better.<\/p>\n Let me spare you time and money: software is not a relevant consideration for writing a great book and being a successful author.<\/strong><\/p>\n In fact, most writing software adds complexity without any value (Exhibit A: Scrivener<\/a>).<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say writing software will never be relevant. It could happen. But after testing and trying all of them, I have yet to find software that helps<\/em> write a book.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been writing professionally for 15 years and wrote four New York Times<\/em> Best Sellers with basic software. The same is true for almost every other professional writer I know. If you\u2019re stuck on finding the \u201cperfect\u201d software, something else is holding you back.<\/p>\n