Chapters
Draft scenes and chapters in an ordered manuscript with automatic numbering.
Plan beside the prose
Novel planning software without a project-management maze
Good planning should help you return to the sentence, not turn a novel into a corporate dashboard. WriteANovel gives each project an ordered manuscript and a separate story-planning area that stays close to the work it supports.
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Structure that can change
A chapter planner built for revision
Novel outlines rarely survive contact with the draft unchanged. Insert a new chapter between existing chapters and WriteANovel updates the visible numbering around it. You can concentrate on narrative order instead of maintaining filenames and labels.
Front matter and back matter sit in their own parts of the book, so a title page or acknowledgements page never masquerades as Chapter 1. That same structure gives exports a more accurate reading order.
Book pages
Keep dedications, copyright, acknowledgements, and author material in place.
Story notes
Separate reference material from prose while keeping it inside the novel project.
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A lightweight story bible
Characters, environments, and plotlines have clear homes
Create a profile for a protagonist, a location note for an invented city, or a page that tracks the promise and payoff of a plotline. General planning pages can hold research, timelines, themes, or revision checklists.
These categories are visible in the manuscript sidebar beneath the chapters. A writer does not need to understand folders, databases, tags, or schemas before capturing an important detail.
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From outline to final order
Planning and production share one source of truth
Because planning and drafting belong to the same project, title changes and structural revisions do not create a trail of mismatched planning files. Open the novel and the relevant story material is already there.
When it is time to export, only manuscript pages enter the PDF or EPUB. Planning notes remain useful working material rather than accidentally appearing in the finished book.
Straight answers
Common questions
Can I add a chapter between two existing chapters?
Yes. Insert it at the chosen point and the chapter display numbers update automatically.
Are planning notes included in book exports?
No. Character, environment, plotline, and planning notes stay separate from the exported manuscript.
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