How much story is to much story???

[Priest]

I am relativily new at DMing and I have found myself snowed in by the amount of notes I keep for my campaign (something like a thousand pages of small handwritings worth of notes on places, or things, or NPC's) Fact is I have an Index of places in my world much the same as the one in the back of the Simirillion (even got my own language guide for the meaning of names and stuff as well)

Just when should a DM stop writing Notes, and start cleaning those notes up into a workable gaming palatte hmm?

Priest

 

[LostSoul]

Are these notes getting in the way of a fun session? If they are, you've got too much; otherwise, don't worry about it.