User blog comment:SSWerty/The Swetty reviews/@comment-3122168-20110413071822/@comment-1668079-20110414064415

Let's use Dragon Ball 5 as an example. I've not yet started the individual episode development yet, but what I have done is thought up a story that appeals to me, and that I want to tell. During this process, I think up the themes/ideas I want to include, that sort of stuff.

I then think about the individual sagas. I brainstorm a bit, thinking up ideas for villains, sagas, ya get the idea. Now I start to get down to the nitty gritty.

I get a main character. I name him. I give him his friends, his allies, his life. I then decide upon his personality. Once I've got a basic model for my protagonist, I then inject him into the above saga planning.

I do this saga by saga. I think about his origins, how he meets his teammates, etc. Then I think how I can incorporate the themes I want.

And so on. That's all I've really done for DB5, and each step is a very brief overview of what's going to happen.

And I have a little notebook of sorts that I collect my ideas in.