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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Install

Download and Install ChapterMuse for Desktop

That one-time setup requires internet access; normal offline use does not The Mac build supports macOS 13 Ventura and newer, with native window controls and Apple Silicon, Intel, and universal packaging Your manuscripts live on…

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Format a book

Format a novel for submission, print and EPUB

Series title, frontispiece or two-page title on the facing verso, then the title page. Copyright page: rights, edition and printing history, ISBN, cataloguing data, credits, disclaimers.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Revision 02

Say it once: Revision Exercise

Use a character from your novel, try a short story idea or start with a blank page. Each prompt includes a hint and links to craft guidance.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Plan a scene

How to write a scene that turns

By Robert McKee, Story Strip the vocabulary out and it says: something that mattered was in one state at the top of the scene and is in a different state at the bottom.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Outliner

Outline a Novel Beside the Manuscript

Choose Add material to place a live reference from Chapter Notes, Mind Map, Snippets, Character Arcs, Scene Designer shots, Research, or universe notes.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › First pages

First pages: what makes an agent stop reading

On page one, the model the reader is building is the model of whose story this is, so a slide does not merely confuse them, it withdraws the offer while they are still deciding whether to accept it.

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Contact ChapterMuse

See what ChapterMuse does — the desktop writing studio, its story-world tools and its export formats Compare the three lifetime licences — Each licence paid once Read the field guide — sixteen long pieces on the hard parts of…

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Character arcs

Map Character Arcs Across a Novel

Chart how a character changes across the story — belief, choice, and cost — with a curve you can actually see. Updated 4 September 2026 An arc is the spine of a character's journey.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Local first

How ChapterMuse Stores Writing Privately

Updated 4 September 2026 Your manuscripts, your cast, and your whole world live on your own computer — not on a server somewhere.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Background zen

Add a Background to Your Writing Workspace

Each book remembers its own backdrop, so stepping into a manuscript can feel like stepping into its world. ✦Quick start 1Open your avatar menu and choose Background Zen (a book must be open).