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Staying Organized in an RP

Hidden 7 yrs ago → 7 yrs ago Post by ZayZe
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Just curious about what you guys use to stay organized? I use a program called Scrivener. I finally set it up the way I like it.

Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by ArenaSnow
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A dozen RTF docs in a folder structure on a USB stick.

Done.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by Mag Lev
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Scrivener seems useful. The way I do it is that I have a private Google Doc where I've set up the Outline System. Each separate header is organized and there are zones for minor headers within those headers. Though, it is also a mess most of the time since I leave a bunch of tick mark notes all over the place when I have random thoughts. It is just a private doc anyway, the actual docs I use are organized to look nice. Any writing for characters is kept in its own place.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by Lady Absinthia
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For me it is a starred pm to myself for each Rp where I keep all the notes about the RP in there and a spiral notebook where I can quickly write things down and keep track of people's counters each day.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by NuttsnBolts
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A notebook in the car for jotting down ideas. For some reason driving is a great time to brainstorm (maybe cause it's 30-60min to get to, work)

Other than that, a folder in My Documents with mountains of notepad docs, and the occasional PM to myself for formatting reasons. Maybe I will look at that program, but notepad docs seem to be fine for the time being.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by Ellri
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Chaos Theory. That's what we use.

and a few google docs, of course.

But mostly chaos theory.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by ZayZe
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Thanks for all your posts! I've thought about most of those, Google Docs takes too long for me to navigate for my tastes. I hadnt' purchased Scrivener I would've probably done what @Lady Amalthea@NuttsnBolts did. :P
Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by KoL
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Sincerely, chaos helps me be creative. Even on my "planning" thread and PM (for those things I want to keep out of the public eye) there's little to no structure. I try to keep things organized, but they always go back to being a mess given enough time.

That may be the nightmare of somehow with high levels of OCD but, it works for me, so I'm good with it.
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Hidden 7 yrs ago Post by Rai
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PMs to myself and discord is all I really need to organize a post and my players. As a GM.
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