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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 › 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 › Chronos

Build a Novel Timeline with Chronos

3Read down: Main plot, then your subplots, then one lane for each character arc. 4Drag an arc beat onto a chapter — or onto a specific scene — to anchor where that turn happens.

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 › 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 › Characters

Create Character Profiles for Your Novel

Updated 4 September 2026 Your Characters library is shared across every book in a universe, so a character you create for one novel is right there for the sequel.

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Novel Writing Software Features

Follow the book from its first uncertain plan through a connected story world, the working manuscript, deliberate revision and publication-ready files.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Help › Export

Export a Novel to DOCX, PDF and EPUB

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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