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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 31059" data-attributes="member: 939">Just start writing stuff down.  You can organize later.Or you can write down an outline and then fill it in as you have time.I have a notebook with pages for each general region/town.  I have some stuff I've typed in to a word document, but I leave lots of white space.Then in my notebook, I jot down things as they happen during play.  If they are new in town and find a blacksmith and one isn't listed, I make one up and write down what I've made up on the page for that town.  I have a ton of notes set up that way.  I just flip to the page for the town and there it is.  One of these days, I'll go back and type in the information I now have on those pages, but I'll still leave blank space for more. It isn't necessarily all that important for you to have everything written down - all you need is that which your players will directly interact with.  Who is king in some neighboring nation is only vaguely important unless you have some major plotline going on.The most important thing is to keep track of what locales have already been seen so you can find them again.  That familiarity for the players also is a nice touch as it makes the world more alive.  Finding the same grumpy smith (named 'Smith') each time they go to Sydney's Bluff is what the players remember - tons of world details they never interact with, even if written down in a massive volume, doesn't add much.</blockquote>

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