“You planted a clue in chapter 3. By chapter 22, you've forgotten what it meant.”
The foreshadowing manager holds every plant, open, unresolved, or abandoned, at a glance.
✦ Built for serious writers
Your story, completely in hand.
The novel writing app that tracks what you plant, what your characters know, and when things actually happen. Nothing slips through the draft — and when a chapter's ready, publish it straight to your readers.
No credit card. No install. Works in any browser.
- 0% fee on what your readers pay you
- Your writing is never used to train AI
- Export to DOCX on every plan
What writers actually need
Your manuscript remembers everything. Even when you don't.
“Your character learns something in chapter 8 that they couldn't possibly know until chapter 14.”
See what your point-of-view character knows in each scene, based on what you've marked.
“Your timeline is spread across three spreadsheets, a notebook, and your memory.”
One timeline. Narrative order and story chronology, side by side. Always current.
What nothing else has
Only here
Never lose a thread again.
Select any passage in your manuscript and register it as a plant. Give it a category (a physical object, a character detail, a motif, a world fact). Mark it as open, resolved, or abandoned.
The foreshadowing manager shows every thread you've laid down, in one place, always. Nothing slips through a 200,000-word draft.
Only here
When it happens versus when readers find out. Both at once.
Most timelines show scenes in the order readers encounter them. That's narrative order.
But the order events actually occurred in your story's world (its story chronology) is often completely different. Chaptered shows both tracks simultaneously, with lines connecting each scene's narrative position to its chronological position.
For writers working with flashbacks, unreliable narrators, or non-linear structure, this is the view that makes everything clear.
Only here
It reads your prose. You don't tag anything.
Every time you write a character's name or mention a location, Chaptered notices. In the background, it builds a complete map of who appears where, across every scene, every chapter.
No manual tagging. No scene-by-scene association. Open any character profile and see every scene they appear in. Click to jump straight there.
Everything else you need
A complete writing environment. Nothing missing.
Binder, corkboard, outline, and timeline
Every planning view. Plotters and pantsers both at home.
Plot grid
Rows for plotlines, columns for scenes. See your whole structure at once.
Export to DOCX, EPUB, and PDF
DOCX on every plan; EPUB and PDF on paid plans. Manuscript and self-publishing files, one click.
Real-time sync and offline mode
Write on any device. Your work is always safe.
Full version history
Automatic snapshots. Name and restore any draft state.
Collaborator invites
Share with your editor or co-author. Role-based permissions.
Daily goals and writing streaks
Set targets, track sessions, mark rest days. Build the habit.
Grammar and spell check
Powered by LanguageTool. Real-time, multi-language.
For writers who publish as they write
Write it here. Publish it here.
Chaptered has a built-in reading surface: the Hub. Publish a chapter and it appears there immediately, with a beautiful, typeset reading experience — where readers browse and discover authors as they write.
Connect your Patreon. Gate early chapters behind membership tiers. Free chapters for everyone else. No third-party tools, no manual copying and pasting.
Your published work only updates when you choose. Live edits stay private until you push a new snapshot.
Patreon tier gatingSnapshot publishingContent advisoriesPublic reading surface
Pricing
Simple pricing, serious tools
Free
$0forever
Try before you commit.
- Rich text editor
- Manuscript binder (hierarchy & drag-and-drop)
- Autosave
- DOCX export
- 1 project
- Foreshadowing manager
Most popular
Craft
$10/month
The full planning suite for serious writers.
All Free features, plus:
- Unlimited projects
- Corkboard, outline, timeline & beat sheets
- Character, location & lore profiles
- Goals, streaks & sprint timer
- EPUB & PDF export
- Offline support & multi-device sync
Author
$20/month
Publish, earn, and build your readership.
All Craft features, plus:
- Author profile & publication dashboard
- Publish to the /read reader platform
- Patreon integration with tier-gated content
- Reader engagement dashboard
- Project collaboration
- Cloud backups & streak digest emails
- Priority support
Switch plans anytime. Your data is never deleted.
Questions
Before you start
Can I bring my existing manuscript?
Yes. Import a Scrivener project and your binder, manuscript text, synopses, notes, labels and snapshot history come across. Your original file is never modified.
Can I get my work back out?
Yes. DOCX export is on every plan, and EPUB and PDF are on the paid plans.
What happens if I change or cancel my plan?
Switch plans anytime. Your data is never deleted.
Is my writing used to train AI?
No. Your content is never used to train AI models. Ever.
Your manuscript deserves better than scattered notes.
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