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[stupid_monkey]

Random question brought about by a discussion on plurk to put before the masses. What kind of aids have you created to assist you with playing your characters?

Relationship charts?
Lists of specific information your character uses?
Folders of links to wikipedia articles?

What do you use? Are they helpful or do you forget they're there?

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[gabbie]

For characters from TV shows I write down all their dialogue (ANDY) and refer to in now and then for wording, and I just rewatch periodically to get the voice fresh in my head. I have windows open with Scottish vocabulary for Evan and I have a folder of articles to reference quickly (some about psychopathy, some about drug addiction) and I have a psychology book I refer to now and then... I also wrote these.

I look up stuff as needed (science stuff, law stuff, SO MUCH HISTORY) and I often have issues on hand if I want a specific mental state or speech pattern or event to be fresh in mind. Most of this stuff I am at the point where I don't need to use it most of the time, but, sometimes! I'm planning to make a directory for all of my characters and their canon but I haven't yet done that because it's WORK.