Hi there
I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the world of journaling games!
I would say that they way you've done it seems perfectly sensible. (To be honest, one thing I wanted to do with The Case was to make the rules themselves slightly disorientating, especially as the story develops - which is probably not a great game-design idea).
If you're interested in more, I've just added some free community copies of Lineage Epoch Edition. Help yourself.