# Pin a sticky note to a scene

> Leave yourself a note on any scene, color it, find it again from the Notes tab, and resolve it when the thought is used up.

[Try it in Plot](https://app.inkwell.software/projects)

Sticky notes are for you: "check the timeline here", "she would not say this yet", "cut?". They pin to a scene, travel with it when scenes move, and never appear in an export.

1. **Open the Notes tab**

   In the right sidebar, choose **Notes**. Before you have any, the tab explains itself and offers to add the first one.

2. **Add a note to the current scene**

   Select **Add note**. The composer opens for the scene your cursor is in; type the thought and choose **Save**.

   ![The Notes tab: Add note (1) opens the composer (2) for the scene under the cursor, and the filter (3) shows every note, or only the pending, placed, or resolved ones.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/notes-tab.light.webp)

   _The Notes tab: Add note (1) opens the composer (2) for the scene under the cursor, and the filter (3) shows every note, or only the pending, placed, or resolved ones._

3. **Filter by what still needs you**

   The filter at the top of the tab shows all notes, or only the ones still **pending**, the ones **placed** on a line, or the **resolved** ones — so a long list narrows to what is left to do.

4. **Jump from a note to its scene**

   Select a note's scene name to scroll the page there. Notes also show as small markers in the outline, so you can see which scenes carry thoughts before opening them.

5. **Resolve it when you are done**

   Mark a note **Resolved** and it drops out of the list into the resolved view, where it stays readable. Delete it only when it was never worth keeping.

> **Note: Notes from a skill**
>
> [Organize Notes](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/organize) reads scattered notes — yours, or a pasted set from a producer — and proposes where each belongs in the script, as placements you confirm. See [The skills library](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/the-skills-library).

## What next

- [The skills library](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/the-skills-library): What a skill is, what each of the built-in skills does, where their results live, and how to add skills of your own.
- [Read and answer viewer comments](https://www.inkwell.software/help/sharing/viewer-comments): Where a reader's comments on a shared script arrive, how to jump to the line each one is about, and how to resolve them when the note is dealt with.

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Canonical page: <https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/sticky-notes>