Book Notes

Book notes are your scratchpad — the messy, unstructured space for ideas, rules, brainstorms, and anything that doesn't fit the structured entity pages yet. They're especially useful early in a project when your story is still taking shape.

Creating a Note

Click "New Note" in the sidebar. Give it a title and start writing. Notes are deliberately simple — just a title, tags, and a large content area.

Note Fields

• Title — a short label for the note
• Tags — comma-separated tags for organisation (e.g. brainstorm, plot, character-idea, research)
• Content — free-form text, as long as you need

Pinning

Click the pin icon on a note to pin it. Pinned notes are marked with a badge in the sidebar so you can keep important reference notes visible.

What to Use Book Notes For

Notes are the right place for ideas that haven't been formalised yet:

• Story rules and constraints — "The detective never carries a weapon" or "Magic can't bring back the dead." Rules you want to reference but haven't built into structured entries yet.
• Plot brainstorming — rough outlines, "what if" scenarios, alternative endings you're considering
• Character ideas — sketch out a character before creating a full character page
• Research notes — historical details, technical facts, or reference material you've gathered
• Questions to resolve — "Need to decide: does she survive the fire?" or "Check: would this poison actually work?"
• Tone and style reminders — "This chapter should feel claustrophobic" or "Use shorter sentences during action scenes"

Notes vs. Structured Entities

Book notes are not indexed by the AI in the same way that characters, locations, items, and world building entries are. They're a workspace for you, not a reference for the AI.

When a note matures into something concrete — a character, a location, a world rule — move it into the appropriate entity page. That's when the AI starts using it.

Tips

• Start messy. Notes are meant to be rough. Dump ideas here and refine later.
• Use tags to group related notes. Tag everything about your magic system with magic, everything about Act 3 with act-3. You can search by tag later.
• Pin your story bible notes. If you have a "core rules" note or a "series continuity" note, pin it so it's always easy to find.
• Promote notes when they're ready. Once "rough idea for a villain" becomes a real character, create a proper character page and move the detail across. The AI will have much better access to it there.