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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Feature › Novel planning

Novel Planning and Outlining Software

Plan a novel with an outliner, plot grid, story timeline, mind map, scene designer and storyboard connected to the manuscript.

• See the whole book without leaving the chapter.
• Use the shape that answers the question.
• Turn intention into a sequence of beats.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Compare › Plottr

Plottr Alternative That Also Writes the Book

Start the free trial Lifetime pricing Plottr A dedicated plotting and outlining app, built around timelines, templates and story structure you plan before and alongside the writing.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Outliner

Outline a Novel Beside the Manuscript

Updated 4 September 2026 Open Outliner from its button in the main toolbar when you want to plan and write at the same time.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Plot grid

Track Plots and Character Arcs in a 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 › Help › Scene designer

Plan a Scene Beat by Beat

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 › Character arcs

Map Character Arcs Across a Novel

ChapterMuse lays down a suggested sequence of beats you can keep, rename, or replace, then you fill each beat with what happens, what the character believes, what they choose, and what it costs.

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.