9.10 ThE ONly SOfTWArE yOU NEED TO WriTE A BOOk iS AlrEADy ON yOUr COMPUTEr Think about your favorite authors—the ones whose books deeply affected your life. Do you know what all of them had in common? None of them used special book-writing software to write their book. Yet, this is where many beginning and amateur writers start. They spend so much time searching for the “perfect” book-writing soft- ware (among other tools) that will magically make their writing better. Let me spare you time and money: software is not a relevant con- sideration for writing a great book. In fact, most writing software adds complexity without any value. (Exhibit A: Scrivener.) That’s not to say writing software will never be relevant. It could ThE ONly SOfTWArE yOU NEED TO WriTE A BOOk iS AlrEADy ON yOUr COMPUTEr · 437