Editorialisms Panel

The second sidebar view. Where the Review Panel handles imported review batches inside scene notes, the Editorialisms panel manages Editorialism documents — separate structural guidance files that span scenes, arcs, or the whole manuscript.

What an Editorialism is

An Editorialism is a plain markdown file in your vault — a themed checklist of editorial directives. It is not a review batch and it is not appended to scene notes. Examples of work that belongs here rather than in a review block:

• A development edit's structural agenda ("compress the middle act", "thread the antagonist earlier")
• Design intent and doctrine the manuscript should conform to
• Multi-session checklists you work through over weeks
• Arc-level concerns that touch many scenes

Editorialism files live under Editorialist/<Book>/<Title>.md and are recognized by their frontmatter:

---
type: editorialism
title: Middle-act compression
book: <must match the active book label exactly>
status: in-progress
created: 2026-06-10
---

Files without type: editorialism are ignored. The full file format — section headings, task items, [scope:: …] and [tags:: …] metadata — is documented in Importing Reviews § Format B. Reviewers (human or AI) can produce these files directly; the launcher's template includes the format.

Getting a file into the panel. The fastest path is the review launcher: paste an AI reply that contains an editorialism file (a ```editorialism fenced block, or just the type: editorialism frontmatter) and click Save editorialism file. Editorialist writes it to Editorialist/<Book>/<Title>.md, creating the folder, and opens this panel. Re-saving the same title: overwrites in place. Creating the file by hand works too.

Only files whose book: matches the active book label appear while that book is active. If a saved file doesn't show up, check that its book: value matches exactly.

The panel

• Header — the active book label (or "No active book selected").
• Document list — every Editorialism for the active book, each showing its completion (done items / total items).
• Detail view — select a document to see its items grouped by section.

Working items

Each item is a task line with a five-state status. Clicking an item's status cycles it:

[ ] open → [/] in progress → [x] done → [-] deferred → [?] question

Because Editorialisms are plain markdown task lists, they stay fully readable and editable outside the panel — edit the file directly and the panel reflects it. The [scope:: …] metadata records which scene, range (13–22), arc (arc:<name>), or manuscript each directive applies to.

When to use which

Situation	Use
Concrete prose change to a specific passage	Review batch → imported review blocks → Review Panel
Commentary on a scene or the batch	=== MEMO === in a review block
Directive spanning scenes, arcs, or the whole book	Editorialism file → this panel
A reviewer sends both line edits and structural notes	Both formats in one reply — each goes to its own surface