Novel planning and drafting
Shape the book. Write the next scene.
Draftwriter keeps your manuscript, scene list, plot beats, and story notes together in a calm browser workspace.
No credit card. New accounts start with 14 days of Studio for account-backed writing, restore points, and project export.
Built for fiction scenes
No AI drafting
TXT export stays free
The locked harbor
Mara waited until the bell tower swallowed midnight. Beyond the quay, the harbor lanterns trembled like trapped stars.
The map in her coat was warm, which meant someone else was looking for it.
Writing a book is hard enough
Your manuscript, plot notes, and character details should not live in five different places.
Draftwriter gives every scene a place in the larger book. Open a chapter, draft the scene, check the character note, and keep moving without rebuilding your whole system.
Scenes scattered across documents, character notes in another app, plot threads living in memory.
Chapters, scenes, story notes, plot beats, and word goals stay beside the page you are drafting.
Writer guides
Practical pages for getting the book moving.
Free scene template
Novel Scene Outline Template
A copyable scene worksheet for fiction writers: scene job, point-of-view goal, pressure, stakes, turn, and story notes.
Novel outlining guideHow to Outline a Novel Without Turning It Into Homework
A practical novel outlining guide for fiction writers: shape the promise, choose the turning points, build a scene list, and start drafting in Draftwriter.
Scene-by-scene draftingScene-by-Scene Drafting for Novelists
A practical scene-by-scene drafting guide for fiction writers: plan scene purpose, pressure, turn, notes, and word progress before you draft.
Character arc worksheetCharacter Arc Worksheet for Novelists
A practical character arc worksheet for fiction writers: define desire, wound, pressure, choices, reversals, and scene evidence before drafting.
Plot beat templateNovel Plot Beat Template
A practical novel plot beat template for fiction writers: turn a story idea into pressure, reversals, choices, and scene-level beats before drafting.
Story bible and worldbuilding templateStory Bible and Worldbuilding Template for Novelists
A practical story bible and worldbuilding template for fiction writers: keep characters, locations, rules, promises, continuity notes, and scene context close to the draft.
Feature categories
The essentials a novelist reaches for every day.
Outline without losing momentum.
Use a simple plot board for beats, threads, and scene order. Keep the shape visible while the draft grows.
Draft in chapters and scenes.
A clean editor, scene notes, focus mode, and word goals sit in one workspace built for fiction.
Keep story notes close.
Characters, locations, world notes, plot labels, comments, and search stay near the manuscript.
Story bible
Characters, places, and plot beats stay near the page.
Build lightweight notes for the details writers check constantly: what a character wants, where a scene takes place, and which promise the chapter needs to pay off.
Mara Vey
Wants the map before the prince finds the harbor vault.
Glassmarket
Night market under the old observatory. Silver lamps, false doors.
Midpoint turn
The stolen star chart points to home, not treasure.
Scene842 / 1,200 words
Project18,420 words
- Chapter 1: The locked harbor
- Chapter 2: A bargain in ash
- Chapter 3: The map that lies
Progress
Small goals that point back to the manuscript.
Set a daily target, check the current scene, and keep the book’s total word count visible. The numbers support the draft instead of becoming a second job.
Pricing
Start with 14 days of Studio.
Every new account opens with Studio, no credit card required: account-backed drafting, dated restore points, Markdown and full Draftwriter bundle export/import, and priority recovery support while the book takes shape.
Draftwriter Studio
$12/month
14 days included, then $12/month to keep account-backed writing, restore points, Markdown and full project bundles, and priority recovery help.
Start with your first sceneNo card to begin. If Studio is not useful, browser writing and TXT export still stay available.
Begin with one scene
Bring the book into one quiet workspace.
Answer a few simple questions and Draftwriter will open the editor with your first project ready.
Start with your first scene