Tip: Create an Ideas Log

[JohnnFour]

@Barbarulo asked:

Question: Assuming CL as the Source of Truth (and that you're a subscriber) - what do you do about ideas that don't fit in a current campaign? e.g. ideas for a campaign or just NPCs, plot lines and encounters that don't suit the current campaign? Is it worth setting up an 'Ideas' campaign or something?

Great question.

For ideas, I first decide how many characters I need, in general. Characters in the writing/keyboard sense.

In CL, Pages have a 250,000 character limit (the size of a short book) and Log Entries have 2,500 character limit (about 400 words).

So I first decide if my ideas are quick notes or more like Works In Progress that need a higher character count.

If 400 words or less is all I need, then I create an Ideas Log for each Campaign. This lets me use all the Tags and whatnot for that campaign as I ideate.

If I need to write a small book for an idea, then I would either create a new Campaign for this purpose, or I'd designate one of the free Tags for that. I haven't needed 250K chars for my ideations yet, so I've only used the Log approach.

Here's my Basilica ideas Log:

And then, using the Log approach, I can elevate an idea to a Page in my campaign at any time through the Copy feature:

 

[ExileInParadise]

I love that copy button for templates to pages rather than copy-paste empty template ...