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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Novel november

NaNoWriMo 2026 & Novel November Guide

Use the calculator above to account for your own progress and remaining writing days. Can I start late or choose a smaller goal?

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Revise a novel

How to revise a novel so the revision ends

But five passes that were all the same pass count as one, which is why writers who have "done nine drafts" are often still on their first.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Local first writing software

Local-First and Offline Writing Software

In February 2014 Editorially (a collaborative writing platform with a devoted, sophisticated, insufficiently large user base) announced it was closing.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Sagging middle

How to diagnose a sagging middle

By any honest count you are past halfway, the sentences still come out, and none of the chapters you wrote this month are bad.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Beginnings 15

An opening with a deadline: Story openings…

These short fiction writing exercises focus on one skill at a time. Use a character from your novel, try a short story idea or start with a blank page.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Novel writing software

How to Choose Novel Writing Software

This is the question the category is organised to stop you asking, because most writing software is built around one job and priced as though it were the whole job.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Plan a scene

How to write a scene that turns

Every craft book will now say the same three words at you. Goal, conflict, disaster.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Best writing apps

Best Writing Apps for Novelists in 2026

That might be finding the scene you need, keeping a complicated cast consistent, writing on more than one device or delivering the files your editor expects.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Archive

Creative Writing Prompts & Exercises Archive

These short fiction writing exercises practise character development, dialogue, plot and more. Every exercise has a permanent page with Muse's hint and helpful craft reading.