![]() ![]() As a result, we no longer have to whip out the Tippex whenever we make a typo, and we don’t have to retype an entire page to fix a paragraph. It might not be able to help with finding a fresh take on a topic or turning the perfect phrase, but it removes some of the friction from the physical act of writing. People wrote and typed brilliant works of art before the word processor came along-but the word processor made the process easier. That’s what good software does: it takes the things we do and gives us more control over them, or combines them in new and useful ways. And yet, at some point during the evolution of the word processor, someone looked at a typewriter and thought, What if I could undo my mistakes? What if I could delete words and lines and paragraphs? What if I could insert that missed word? Word processors such as Word are so ubiquitous that we tend to think of them as little more than digital paper, giving little thought these days to the advantages they bring over paper and ink. You don’t need Scrivener-but then again, you don’t need Word, either. One of the first questions some writers ask when they hear about Scrivener is this: “Why do I need specialised writing software to write my book? I can just use Microsoft Word like most writers!” This is true. ![]()
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