> making an editor
or you could come up with a notation that works in any editor. I have [1].
> That way you can easily try different ways without deleting any text.
Sorry I haven't yet read your story. Here is how I would explore alternatives with my notation. I do this when designing software/algorithms etc.
``` Elias performed at this level for about a year. He was up for a well-deserved promotion to staff engineer. I sent him a meeting invite to go through the updated leveling framework to make sure we didn't miss anything.
#{ #{ Elias declined the meeting. } #{ Elias went to the meeting but he went late.} ... }
```