Writing a novel requires a fair amount of organization. From the initial idea to the finished manuscript, it’s necessary to track your notes, concepts and characters. Letting a web application take care of all that effort makes sense.

FortyChapters is an exceptionally easy tool to use. Relying on a simple point-and-click interface, this site allows you to develop and write a novel. You can make notes about characters and structure with simple selections. From there, you can write and edit your chapters within the application. FortyChapters even has structure templates that allow you to start with the general structure of, say, an adventure, and proceed from there.

Once you’ve got your manuscript in good shape, FortyChapters helps you export it to .doc, .pdf or plain text — pretty much the only three formats publishers and agents accept. You can also manage as many manuscripts as you like, although I wasn’t able to find an option to upload manuscripts you’ve already started on.

FortyChapters offers a thirty-day free trial, and after that costs $10 per month to use.