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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SiderisAnon" data-source="post: 5720008" data-attributes="member: 44949">I do very little prep work or organized planning for a session and I write almost nothing down.  I think about ideas and situations.  I generally have a few scenes in my mind, or one decent sized problem, and then I do everything else on the fly.  I don't go in with an answer or solution; I present my players with a problem and let them find some sort of answer.  I find this avoids railroading or my getting set on a single solution.There is an exception for player handouts.  Sometimes I give them information in written form, but it's almost always information they gained last session or over time.  As example, this past session they got a map of their region as they've been learning about what other lords are where and how much land each has. I do also create stuff beforehand or during the campaign that is information about the campaign world.  Things like a writeup of a country or a map of the world.If I am running a module, which I do once in a while for variety, I read the whole module through with a highlighter, which I use to mark important information or things I want to make sure to touch on in the game.  (If the module is in PDF format, I highlight it on screen.  That's my preferred method.)  I make copies of any handouts and look up any special rules or spells I'm unfamiliar with.  That generally is enough prep work for a module.</blockquote>