There has to be an easier way...

So I am using a Reading Plan for the first time with a non-bible resource. I jump into it daily through a card on my Home page. I have already posted wondering why I can't change the layout that comes up, but that's in another post.

My issue here - what comes up in a layout is the resource, a pane showing my reading plan, and a pane showing all my notes. Here is the issue - I highlight something I want to capture as a note, in a specific notebook I created to hold all the notes for this reading plan. I highlight, and right click/select the "Add Note" icon that pops up - and I see it appear at the top of all my notes. But it's not in a Notebook, from the best I can gather - so I click the "Set Notebook" dropdown, and scroll down and find the appropriate notebook. So -

(1) Maybe tied to my layout question, is there a way I can just have that notebook open, so add note defaults to adding the note in my desired notebook?

(2) After I do that first Add Note, EVERY TIME I add a note, I have to set the notebook to my desired notebook. That is really bad. Is there a way that it will just automatically add my subsequent notes to my desired notebook?

This would be easily solved if I could update the default reading plan layout that comes up, to include my Notebook open - then they default go right in as in other uses of notes. I can keep opening it every day, but why can't I modify this layout?