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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 1940181" data-attributes="member: 10638">The longest thing in preparing an adventure (as opposed to writing one) is that I use DUNGEON magazine or whatever old adventure I can find and that I have to read the darn thing.  If the ADVENTURE SUMMARY at the beginning is not easy to use, it takes forever.Join us at LGWriters and MOHWriters if you'd like to see how to improve that sort of stuff:<a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/lgwriters" target="_blank">http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/lgwriters</a><a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mohwriters" target="_blank">http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mohwriters</a>Now, when it comes to writing my own adventures here is the the order of timing for scenario writing (as experienced by having written a couple RPGA scenarios):1.  Coming up with an idea and actually deciding to sit down and write and adventure2.  EDITING3.  Writing DM's text4.  Writing read-aloud text5.  Playtesting6.  Statting out monsters (I either use generic MM/DMG reference or use a quick-generation program).  No need to think too hard here.  They're always just fodder anyways.7.  Re-writing the adventure summary to make sure I got everything8.  Writing the background9.  Doing basic maps10. Writing the blurb and title page11. Coming up with treasurejh</blockquote>