If anyone would like to try filling out my character sheet, here it is. BAM15
I might adapt one so people can put every story arc in one page.
honestly, mine is chaotic. i have a stickynote where ive copy/pasted this one conversation that sets out dates and timeline (its out of date already) and i keep a charahub4 but the rest is in my brain, which is best usually because things move around a lot before theyre published, but also means i can forget crucial details. if i think something is golddust and i might forget it i probably have it buried in my phones notes under piles of fic and script. haha.
Also Ishould note that for Dan's Voyage and Rebel Cowgirls we have a massive amount of extras on our site taht contains lore and behind the scenes information, not lying when I say you could probably get lost for days in it all.
http://www.future-bound-entertainment.com/dans-voyage/category/extras/2
http://www.future-bound-entertainment.com/rebel-cowgirls/category/extras/
I have like an 11 gig folder of scripts, concept art, plot directions, random dialogue, character descriptions, outlines, etc. I back it up on a few different mediums but mainly my hard drives. It didn't start out so big but as the story of R:ILPERSONA1 grew from my original idea everything became more comprehensive and detailed. Once my first collected volumes goes on sale in September I'll probably start making a behind the scenes page on my website to give people insight on the whole process.
It's kind of fun to go back and sort through everything because every now and then I find ideas that I jotted down that I forgot about XD
I used to write them in notebooks, then I wrote them in text files, and now I write them in Google Docs! 8D
("them" meaning lore, story, dialogue, character profiles, etc)
I keep a lot of lore on my site, and have been using various Word Press plug ins to organise it. Here's a link to my Background Information1. I will never have it fully updated, as there is never enough time to get it all done, but I do try to add to it several times a week.
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(Where do all the hours go?)
I have some Wordpad notes scribbled down here and there, but most of it I just keep in my brain, for better or for worse. It's a huge mess in there...
When I first started planning, I scribbled everything into a notebook. Now I keep my lore in Pages documents stored on iCloud, so I can access them from my computer or phone whenever I like (I have backups as well, just in case). I have one document with notes on each of the countries in the comic (climate, geography, wildlife, diet, religion, politics, all sorts of things) organised under appropriate headings. I have another with chapter summaries and character bios. I also several documents with vocabulary and grammar for the constructed languages I created for the comic.
I also have more visual lore, including alphabets for the constructed languages, concept art and other planning documents in a series of sub-folders on my computer, alongside the actual comic pages and other art for it.
For mine I have a folder in my Google Drive for the narrative I was writing, character list (so I don't forget who's who), list of key places, elements to incorporate in the story, key elements and messages that I want the story to transmit (so I can check it when I'm lost and I don't know what to do next - helps moving the story further; it's basically an answer to "why am I writing this anyway?").
I also have an Evernote folder for ideas I have and I don't want to forget and the most important materials form Google Drive are kept on my phone as well, so I can check them anywhere regardless of internet connection.
I have a Pintetest, DeviantART folders and some in my computer for references too.
I pretty much just have a document with all my lore and etc. I do organize it though splitting it up by sections like "Characters" and "Plot" and stuff. That way I can just Ctrl+F the stuff and get to the section easily
I used to use this offline bLADE wiki software, which I think now has vanished from the internets forever. A shame! It let you make very simple offline web-pages where you can store images and text without any HTML knowledge. Now I just use good old MS Word, with a careful file name organisation by general topic. Oh yeah, and keep a backup copy on a USB... just not too sure about this Google Drive thing.
I have a lot of sketches and pictures (mainly maps and clothing references) taped to the wall behind my desk, and a bunch of Word documents with character info, world history, the language, etc saved on my laptop.
I did actually make a website (more for my readers' reference if they want it) Burning Bright Info Site1. Most of the stuff I have saved is a lot of backstory and random details and facts that won't make it into the actual comic but help with world and character building.
ok so im the most organized unorganized person when it comes to this shiiish.
I have word documents. thats it, just word documents and each story has its own word document, the names are usually INCREDIBLY basic. For my one story with my redhead, its just simply "Notes" and that has EVERYTHING from the time line to chapter lay outs to ages, names, eye colors- EVERYTHING. However its the most unorganized thing ever. Everythings just... there. Since i look through it SO much I know whats in it and where to look. But if i gave it to anyone else to decipher no one would have any idea how I manage. @w@
My comic morgan and dragons1 has the same thing. A single word document that has EVERYTHING. the quests that we did and if we completed them, our item list, and EVERYTHING i've copied from each dnd session.
Grogthor and Jennet might be my least complex however. There document just contains a script, as its a story about online gaming i feel it better for the lore to be one of those things not talked about, you see mobs and hear characters talk about different zones but ive never mapped it out or given mobs names. Not sure if its lazyness or if i enjoy the fact readers (and myself i suppose) just don't know and my never know what some things are.
if the story is short & easy, i write all on a file in notepad.
if the story start to be "big" , i create 1 folder with many notepad files: 1 fo the charas + 1 for the story (for me, so with all the spoilers) + 1 for the REAL story (the one that ll be the comics + 1 for the notes (like: put that spaceship somewhere or talk about x or y)
if the story it s "heavy" i use html programs, where everything s linked. so there re pages for the story, for the charas, images, reference and so on. like a big wikipedia...
For my comic, I have a separate A5 sketchbook for the storyboards as well as some sketches and notes of the characters but nothing too much. However I tend to change the stuff in my storyboard so much to the point where it became so messy I had to create a word document with like a summary of what goes into each page (I work in webtoon strips so a lot of stuff happen in a page) and that helped me organize my ideas. I also started writing out in details future scenes so that I don't forget them.
For my comic I have everything stored in one folder. It used to be very unorganized but I took the time to create folders for the various aspects of my comic. (pages, scans, scripts, banners, drawings, etc) I has been a huge lifesaver. Now anything I create something pertaining to my comic I have somewhere to put it without clutter or confusing myself.
Scripts, scans, finished pages etc. are stored on my pc hard drive and also on an external hard drive.
Layouts, character designs, original panels etc. are in a -more or less- well organized portfolio.
I need to write down everything, I'll never could keep all in mind. I have a very short memory, like an old grey lady.
I've got 3 separate 150pg sketchbooks, a full 3-ring binder, and a folder with 1gb of picture files/text docs on my computer desktop. The content that has been put on paper is shamefully sparse compared to the 10 years of development I've gone through for the story in my head. Not to mention that a lot of things change as I learn more about art style, people, culture, and the world. The story I have today is really nothing like the story I had 10 years ago. I'd love to pull it all together into one big well-organized repository that I can manage. I can usually remember most of what I need while working, but it'd be nice to have for my readers if I somehow end up with a fan-base.
