Among the various tools I have used to capture ideas that pop up at random is a notebook that is the size of my palm that fits in my purse. I have used a pocket notebook (which I think is the actual name of the product) for years to record prompts, snippets of dialog that I want to put into a scene, and random facts that interest me. To anyone else looking at it, it is a jumble of hastily scrawled randomness. For me, however, it is a record of ideas that I draw on as I sit down to a writing session.
Now for some people, this is an idea that isn't going to work well. I have tried (back in the days of cassette tapes) recording ideas and playing them back. That was awkward for me. I discovered that I didn't particularly enjoy my speaking voice. It was also a challenge to replay details multiple times so that I got them right in my projects. I suspect that it is easier with digital recording opportunities with your phone. I am not that great with tech and I still don't understand all the functions of my phone, hence the notebook.
The goal with whatever method you are comfortable with is to record ideas and inspiration as they strike. I have done this with the pocket notebook and with a bullet journal. The bullet journal got jumbled up pretty quickly with things from different projects mixing together. One would think that would have been the fate of the pocket notebook. Because the bullet journal was larger, I was putting more than a few ideas on a single page and it turned complicated pretty quick.
What tools do you use to capture ideas and corral plot bunnies?
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