The Pocket book is a really highly effective characteristic that allows you to simply set up your ideas—you need to use it for brainstorming, as a journal, and extra. However… what precisely can you utilize the World Anvil Pocket book for? We requested our group, and right here’s how 5 Anvilites are utilizing this characteristic!
Be aware positive how the Pocket book works? Examine the Information to the Pocket book!
1. Worldbuilding brainstorming & staging space
Some worldbuilders have extra concepts than time to put in writing full articles, and the Pocket book is a good place to gather them and brainstorm! When you may additionally create small stub articles for these concepts, you possibly can hold them within the Pocket book whilst you’re nonetheless determining in the event that they’re even a superb match for the world. In any case, concepts usually find yourself scrapped, merged, and even moved to a distinct world—and enhancing notes is way faster than transferring articles round! Consider it as a staging space the place you possibly can set up and develop your concepts earlier than finalizing them within the type of an article.
And that’s exacly what Make Lore, Not Warfare does together with her Pocket book! As you possibly can see in her screenshot, she makes use of color-coded sections for numerous areas in her darkish fantasy world of Crux Umbra (which it’s best to undoubtedly take a look at!):
Professional-tip: In the event you count on to have a whole lot of related notes (for instance, many article concepts of the identical sort), you need to use notice templates to remain constant in your notetaking! Discover ways to use pocket book templates.
2. Fast (however organized) notes
The Pocket book can be nice for fast notes, both as reference pages or to shortly notice down one thing that is perhaps helpful. For instance, you may have lists of names (characters, places, and extra) to drag from in a pinch, so that you by no means break the stream of your creativity. Or if inspiration strikes whereas studying, or after going for a stroll, shortly add it to a notice so that you don’t neglect! Then, use sections to kind the totally different sorts of notice.
And due to the World Anvil Pocket book, you possibly can very simply reference and write down fast notes! As Nulcheck, creator of Legends of the Dragonguard, put it:
The brand new pocket book is nice, not only for the group you are able to do, but in addition as a result of it seamlessly slides over the web page you’re on, relatively than interrupting you with a brand new web page, which is simply superb!
Professional-tip: As within the screenshot, you need to use notice metadata to show fast knowledge about them. Be aware metadata can be helpful to seek out notes faster, which is nice for this fashion of notetaking! Discover ways to use pocket book metadata.
3. TTRPG recreation notes
Whereas we advocate utilizing Session Report articles for taking notes about your recreation, utilizing the Pocket book can be an choice! Create a notice for every new session and use Sections to kind them by recreation or story arc. MrBauta, creator and GM of the Florenic Worlds, retains observe of player-related developments within the Pocket book, whereas deliberate content material stays in Plot articles. Feels like an effective way to maintain your prep supplies separate and simple to seek out!
Professional-tip: The Pocket book is non-public, so if you need your gamers to learn your session summaries, you possibly can transfer your notes to a Session Report article, which may then be linked with the periods you arrange on World Anvil. Study extra about Session Studies.
4. BBCode & CSS reference
BBCode is the essential constructing block for for any advanced structure in an article, however there are such a lot of choices it’s straightforward to neglect some! Whereas the Information to BBCode has an inventory of all BBCode tags with examples, having the tags you utilize essentially the most in a notice can actually velocity issues up! Right here’s TheDoctor292’s set-up:
And for a extra superior instance, Mochimanoban, creator of the Yonderverse, retains their advanced BBCode and customized CSS containers in a notice for simple reference. When a single component in an article depends on many BBCode tags and customized containers, that is a lot faster than attempting to recollect:
5. Maintain a artistic journal
Protecting a journal ABOUT artistic work may be an effective way of brainstorming by writers block and points in addition to monitoring what you’ve been engaged on day-to-day! It may possibly additionally enable you bear in mind what you supposed to work on in your subsequent session, particularly when you’ve got restricted artistic time.
Organizing every entry by date (like YYYY-MM-DD) ensures that they’ll stay in the suitable order. In the event you’re working usually, you possibly can even create sections to arrange by month, and use a distinct pocket book annually.
Right here’s Janet’s journal for one in every of her in-progress novels throughout NaNoWriMo 2022. You may use the same journal to maintain observe of your present To Be Learn record!
What about you? How do YOU use Notebooks? Tell us within the feedback!
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