# Create and assign angles

> Add an angle for a persona and pillar, keep it active or retire it, and pick it on a draft post.

Source: https://docs.use-mark.com/docs/create-and-assign-angles

An angle is the bet a post makes, tied to one persona and one pillar. Open
**Strategy** > **Angles** in the sidebar to manage them.

## Before you start

Every angle needs a persona and a pillar. Set those up first under
**Strategy** > **Personas** and **Strategy** > **Pillars**. The angle form
only offers the ones that already exist.

## Create an angle

1. Select **Add angle**.
2. Enter a **Name**. The **Slug** fills in from the name. Edit the slug if
   you want a different one. After that, changing the name no longer
   changes it.
3. Pick a **Persona** and a **Pillar**.
4. Leave **Active** checked to offer the angle on posts right away, or
   clear it to save the angle without offering it yet.
5. Select **Save angle**.

The page shows "Angle saved." Each angle in the list shows its slug,
persona, and pillar.

## Edit an angle

1. Select **Edit** on the angle's row.
2. Change the **Name**, **Persona**, **Pillar**, or **Active** setting.
3. Select **Save angle**.

You can't change the slug. The form explains why: "Set when the angle was
created. Changing it later would split this angle across two values, so it
cannot be edited." To use a different slug, create a new angle.

## Deactivate or reactivate an angle

Select **Deactivate** on the angle's row. An inactive angle drops out of
the **Angle** list in the post editor, so other posts can't pick it. A post
that already uses the angle keeps it.

Select **Reactivate** to offer the angle on posts again.

## Delete an angle

1. Select **Delete** on the angle's row, or at the bottom of the **Edit
   angle** panel.
2. Confirm with **Delete**. The dialog warns "This cannot be undone. If
   posts still use it, you can deactivate it instead."

If posts still use the angle, the delete fails with "Can't delete this
angle because posts still use it. Deactivate it instead."

When the delete succeeds, the page shows "Angle deleted."

## Assign an angle to a post

A post's angle can change while the post is a draft or after a reviewer
requests changes.

1. Open the post from **Posts**.
2. In the **Angle** field, pick an angle, or **No angle** to clear it. The
   list shows active angles, plus the post's current angle if it has since
   been deactivated.
3. Select **Save draft** to keep working, or **Submit for review** to send
   the post to a reviewer.

For what happens after you submit, see
[Review and approval](/docs/concepts/review-and-approval).