- Have you been told you need to use Scrivener
to write your book, or maybe you were told
to write your drafts in Wattpad or maybe Vellum?
If you're wondering what software you need
to write your book in, today's video is for you.
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Hey there, I'm Julie the Book Broad, founder
of Book Launchers, a fantastic, supportive company
that will help you write, publish, and promote
a business and brand-boosting nonfiction book.
We don't just edit or just market your book.
We take a really holistic approach to helping you
create the best possible book that is most likely
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There's a really important reason that our hashtag
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We want your book to be so much more
than a business card book.
We want something awesome that people will share
and tell others about, we want your book
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a few of the folks reading it.
A great book can do that and your book should be great.
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So if you're like Carole Starr, you might be feeling
confused about all the advice out there
about the different software you should use
to write your book.
Here's what she wrote.
"I heard about Scrivener from a famous published
"author friend, I found a reference to Vellum,
"I found you.
"What is the best tool for a beginner writer
"who wants to publish eBooks on Amazon
"and hardcover nonfiction books?"
This is such a great question, and first of all,
you care and you want to write the best possible book,
so of course you want to use the best possible tools.
It makes sense.
Here's my take, though.
I started writing a new book all about
self-publishing successfully, you know,
some of the fun stuff we talk about here,
and as I was doing that, I thought I run a company
helping people write books, I better use
the best tools for this, so I get where you're going
with this, so I went out and I bought Scrivener
which is what all my writer friends were telling me
I had to use.
I open it up and I was like what the?
I started typing on a page and then saw
this corkboard feature, so I ended up messing around
with that, then I was like oh, it looks like I
should organize things by chapter, so I spent
an hour setting up chapters, and then I was struggling
to find a few things that are normal functions in Word,
so I started watching YouTube videos to figure it out.
Then I found all these other features.
Five hours into it, I hadn't written a word on my book!
(laughs)
I realized I don't need fancy software to write my book,
I just need to sit my butt down at a computer and type.
I can type in Notepad, Google Docs, Word,
pretty much anywhere I normally would create documents
and it's way more efficient than using
these fancy software systems.
What I really need to do is spend time
making sure my book is interesting, engaging,
and delivering a ton of value for my ideal reader,
so that's my answer to you!
Stop wasting time pursuing the best software
to write your book in.
This is not the software you'll use to publish
your book, it's just what you need to take
the words from your head to your fingers
and onto the page so someone else can edit,
refine, and polish your work.
I'm especially talking to you if you're
the kind of person who's going to research
the heck out of this.
What do you currently use to type up a document?
That's the software you should use to write your book.
Period.
You know it, you're comfortable in it,
your energy can go toward the most important thing
you need to worry about as someone writing a book,
and that is making sure that what you're writing is good.
It has an awesome hook and it's going to help
your ideal reader that you want to reach.
Writing a book is scary, and I know how much easier
it is to worry about how to write it
than actually sit down and get to work.
By the way, this is also why we have amazing
writing coaches on our team to help you
work through your ideas, review what you're writing
as you do it and support you through the emotional
rollercoaster of book writing.
It is terrifying and I've talked about it before
that you're going to go through this crazy ride
of oh my gosh, everybody's going to read my book,
it's so amazing, I'm going to sell so many copies,
and help so many people to this sucks,
I'm going to quit, who am I to write this anyway,
nobody wants to read it, to is anybody even going to care
if I write this book, and then oh, I can't wait
to hear what everybody thinks about this book,
I've really nailed this idea and on and on
and on through that emotional rollercoaster
of constant self-doubt.
Are you excited yet?
(laughs)
Makes you really want to do this, doesn't it?
But the time you're figuring out whether you
should use Scrivener or some other software
is just delaying the inevitable rollercoaster ride
and it's not going to make your book any better,
so again let me say this, whatever software
you already use, whether it's Word, Pages on your Mac,
Google Docs, those are great for writing,
and that's the key.
You have to write.
So stop your research, just go get writing
and I can't wait to read what you're working on.
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So now if you're wondering how to get started
writing your book, there's a video for that
or how to start your chapters so you're writing
a page-turning nonfiction book, there's a video
for that too!
Head on over to these videos and I'll see you there.
I can't wait to keep hanging out with you.
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