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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Feature › Novel planning
Pick a framework — Action, Sequel, Dialogue or Reveal — then fill the beats that cause the next beat. Storyboard draws those shots as panels, in the order the scene plays.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Outliner
Updated 4 September 2026 Open Outliner from its button in the main toolbar when you want to plan and write at the same time.
It is a readable rendering of the same story-world data, so there is no duplicate encyclopedia to maintain.
Worldbuilding and Story Bible SoftwareChronos tracks story time while the manuscript and Plot Grid preserve the order the reader meets events.
Mystery and Thriller Writing SoftwareThe planning tools can reflect a framework you choose, but none of them requires a structure and nothing prompts you toward one.
Romance Novel Writing SoftwareNo. Planning tools remain optional and can be introduced after drafting has begun.
Novel Planning and Outlining SoftwareCMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Character arcs
From a character's sheet, open the Arc Map and pick an arc type — Positive change, Corruption, Fall, and more. ChapterMuse lays down a suggested sequence of beats you can keep, rename, or replace, then you fill each beat with…
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Scene designer
A standing band above the strip holds the scene's conditions and its cast — the characters and items in play Attach sensory, subtext, or set-dressing cards to a shot; they ride in the gutter beside it The shelf keeps your craft…
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Plot grid
Updated 4 September 2026 The Plot Grid lays your book out as a spreadsheet: each chapter is a row, and each column isa thread you care about — a synopsis, a subplot, stakes, a point of view.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Genre › Romance writers
Romance attracts more structural advice than any other genre, and a great deal of it is a beat sheet with dates attached.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Characters
The library is a grid of character cards; click one to open its sheet on the right and fill it in. Everything saves as you go, and an untouched character quietly removes itself if you close it without adding anything.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Chronos
4Drag an arc beat onto a chapter — or onto a specific scene — to anchor where that turn happens. 5Use Isolate to show only what a single character touches.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Locations
Because locations are shared across your books, a single entry gathers every scene that happens there, wherever it appears in the story.
