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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Best writing apps

Best Writing Apps for Novelists in 2026

It combines a focused editor with organisation for larger projects, a proofreader and exports including Word documents, PDFs and ebooks.

• The ten writing apps at a glance
• ChapterMuse: a local-first novel writing studio
• Scrivener: a manuscript binder you can shape
• Dabble: plotting and writing with other people

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Format a book

Format a novel for submission, print and EPUB

So you export all three from the same document on the same afternoon, and by the evening you have a Word file the agent's reader cannot comfortably annotate, a paperback whose inside margin disappears into the spine around page…

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Scrivener migration

Moving a novel out of Scrivener, safely

Use Compile for the manuscript: it assembles the binder into one document in RTF, DOCX, ODT, PDF, EPUB and several other formats.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Create a story bible

The story bible you'll actually use

“When I'm copyediting, I keep an open Word document into which I jot notes about anything I think may be of interest as I keep track of chronology, logistics, plot, and personal details.”

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Ai without losing authorship

Using AI for Fiction Without Losing Authorship

That is the arrangement I would want, but do not take my word for the boundary of a tool you are trusting with a novel. Watch the network traffic, or ask a direct question and accept nothing but a direct answer.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Track character arcs

Character arcs: want, need, and the lie

There is a document somewhere with three headings on it, Want and Need and Lie, and all three boxes are full. The full boxes are part of why the problem is hard to see.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Novel november

NaNoWriMo 2026 & Novel November Guide

67, so 1,667 words a day is the usual rounded target. If you reserve four days off, 26 writing days require about 1,924 words each.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Novel writing software

How to Choose Novel Writing Software

Write down every application your book currently touches, including the word processor, the notes app, the spreadsheet of character ages and the folder of reference photographs.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › First pages

First pages: what makes an agent stop reading

Contents 01Page one answers three questions, and the order matters 02What gets you rejected is confusion, not boredom 03"Start with action" is the worst good advice in publishing 04Wake-ups, weather and mirrors fail for three…

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › What editors mean by pacing

What editors actually mean by pacing

Forward movement, pace, and rhythm are words that are going to return often in this book.” By Ursula K.