Shape the manuscript
Create chapters, name them your way, drag them into a new order, and let EmberDraft renumber them. Add chapter-opening artwork when the story calls for it.
EmberDraftStart 90 days freeNovel writing software for authors
A writing room built around the manuscript.
EmberDraft helps you write a book, organize a complicated story, and keep its people and places consistent—without burying the page beneath a dashboard.
No credit card · Export anytime · Your prose stays yoursEverything a novelist needs to remember—kept close to the page.
A long novel can hold dozens of chapters, a crowded cast, several locations, and years of story time. EmberDraft keeps those moving parts beside the manuscript so you can find them when you need them and ignore them when you do not.
Remember the cast
Build as much or as little detail as you want for each character. Track families and relationships, even when a person begins as “The Man” or “the barrel-waisted woman.”
Protect continuity
Keep characters, places, and events attached to the right book. Story memory helps you catch a traveler appearing in two distant places at the same time.
Keep control
Use version history, recovery copies, print, and export. Read the latest draft in a book-like Reader Mode without changing a word of the manuscript.
Less software to learn
Helpful tools, without the hieroglyphics.
Every unfamiliar control has context. Focus Mode clears the room. The onboard thesaurus stays nearby. Ideas remain private and stay out of the printed manuscript. The tools serve the writing instead of becoming another project.
Before you bring in the manuscript.
Can I import a manuscript I already started?
Yes. EmberDraft can import Word documents, plain text, Markdown, and HTML. You can bring in a whole manuscript or add chapters one at a time when you want precise control over the structure.
Does EmberDraft use AI to rewrite my novel?
No. EmberDraft is built to support the writer, not replace the writer. Editorial review is designed to point out continuity, grammar, tense, and readability concerns while leaving every change in your hands.
Can I download my work?
Yes. You can print and export your manuscript. Inactive accounts keep complete download access for at least 12 months, followed by a protected manuscript-recovery archive for another 24 months. EmberDraft sends repeated warnings before permanent deletion—not quite until Ragnarök, but long enough to bring your story safely home.
Can I write on a tablet or iPad?
Yes. EmberDraft runs in a modern web browser and adapts to desktop and tablet screens. Reader Mode is designed especially for comfortable tablet reading and page turning.
Bring us the complicated story.
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