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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Outliner

Outline a Novel Beside the Manuscript

Unlike the temporary Chapter Outline drawer, it stays open while you work and adds scenes, logical sections, narrative intentions, completion, and links to the rest of your planning.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Feature › Novel planning

Novel Planning and Outlining Software

Move a chapter in the outline and the working manuscript follows. The Plot Grid lays chapters against the main plot, subplots and the threads you add.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Plot grid

Track Plots and Character Arcs in a Plot Grid

Reading straight down the synopsis column gives you a chapter outline; reading across a thread column shows you an entire subplot's shape.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Feature › Offline private

Offline and Private Novel Writing Software

Write, plan, browse the story world, run Chapter Check and use downloaded read-aloud voices without an internet connection.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Todos

To-dos: ChapterMuse Guide

A column of sticky notes beside the manuscript — the same list the Outliner keeps, drawn as cards. Updated 4 September 2026 Open To-dos from the main toolbar and a column of coloured square cards appears down the left of the page.

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Novel Writing Software Features

ChapterMuse keeps structure beside the manuscript so planning remains useful when the story changes. Explore feature Worldbuilding software

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Scene designer

Plan a Scene Beat by Beat

In the whole writing studio See how outlines, grids, timelines, maps and scenes stay connected to the manuscript. See the complete planning workflow

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Chronos

Build a Novel Timeline with 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 › Mind map

Brainstorm a Novel with the Mind Map

In the whole writing studio See how outlines, grids, timelines, maps and scenes stay connected to the manuscript. See the complete planning workflow