Session preparation

Prepare the next session without rereading every note

Scattered session notes are hard to scan when the next game is close. Pull out only the unresolved threads, confirmed changes and jobs that could matter this time.

Mark the lines that carry forward

After a session, label the few facts you expect to need again. Keep the label beside the original wording. You don't need to reorganise the whole document or rewrite it as a campaign wiki.

Remove threads when they close

Mark a thread resolved where the answer appears. That gives you a reason to remove it from the next briefing while preserving the old note. Deleting the original makes later contradictions harder to check.

Don't promote guesses into campaign facts

Notes can contain abandoned ideas beside events that actually happened. Put a phrase such as the ferryman might work for Mara into a review list. Decide whether it's true before carrying it forward.

Build a short briefing, not another archive

Start with open threads and explicit preparation jobs. Add only confirmed NPC or location changes that could affect the next session. Keep a session, page or line reference beside every item so you can check the source quickly.