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Writing in PeerNotes usually doesn’t start with a blank page. It starts with the thoughts you’ve already captured — and a note is where you compile them into something structured. This guide walks through the full writing flow, from selecting thoughts to sharing a finished note.
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Review a topic

Open the Thoughts feed and filter by the topic you want to write about — or browse the Topics page to see where thinking has accumulated.
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Select the thoughts that hold up

Select each thought you want to include. A floating bar tracks your selection at the bottom of the screen.
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Convert to Note

Choose Convert to Note. Your selected thoughts land in a new note, ready to be shaped into prose.
You can also start a blank note from the Notes feed when you already know what you want to say.

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Write and structure

The editor is built for prose: headings, bullet and numbered lists, bold and italic, and links. Everything saves automatically as you type — close the tab mid-sentence and your draft will be waiting. It also has AI help built in — Proofread and Rewrite for the whole note, a Rewrite action on any selection, and Draft with AI when you create a note. See the AI editor. A few practices that make notes your peers can actually engage with:
Lead with your point. Put the conclusion, question, or recommendation in the first sentence. Teammates skimming the feed decide from that line whether to open the note.
One idea per note. Focused notes are easier to discuss, easier to find, and easier to share. If you’re covering two things, write two notes.
Attach your sources. When a note cites the material it came from, reviewers can check the original rather than taking your word for it. See Sources.
Ask the assistant before you share. The AI assistant will tell you what a careful reader is going to ask. Better to hear it before your teammates do.

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Tag topics

Add topics to keep the note discoverable alongside the related thoughts and notes in your workspace. Thoughts you compiled usually carry their topics with them.

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Share it

Notes start private. When a draft is ready for other eyes, you have two options that stack:
  1. Share with the workspace — turn on Share with workspace from the note’s card or the note itself. Every member can now read it in the Shared view of the Notes feed and comment on it. Toggle it back off any time.
  2. Add collaborators — invite specific people by email to edit the note with you. Adding a collaborator shares the note with the workspace automatically.
Keep editing after you share — changes are live, and you can unshare whenever you want. See Sharing & privacy for the full picture.
New notes follow your Sharing preference — private by default, unless you’ve set notes to share automatically.