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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2854724" data-attributes="member: 12037">What I do is attempt to drop all plot hooks at the end of every session. Then, all the planning and deciding on the next move is spent between the two sessions and by next session we all know what's going on.So, as an example, at the end of a session I can have the magic item merchant try to hire the PCs to go after a rare item for him that someone wants, a member of a PC's faction come up to them and tell them he found a portal that needs investigating, and a guy who heard about the PCs' adventures come to them for help. We end the session with the PCs figuring out what they want to do next. We have sessions two weeks apart, so I get their plans after one week and spend the next week planning the adventure, along with what they want to do during any downtime.When we pick back up, there's no long bouts of planning, and we can blamm through what we want and play through other things. There are no long planning sessions unless something unexpected comes up (which isn't so rare), and the action can be picked up easily within 20 minutes of starting  most of the time.</blockquote>