Organization, Organization, Organization (When Everything Else is Falling Apart)

So earlier I mentioned that I like to keep things that remind me of my characters in one handy, easily locatable place, and that often it's decorated to the best of my (decidedly non-artistic) ability. So above are two pictures of my folder. On it are the names of the four primary characters, Dania, Sue, Carol, and Jordan. Also included are things they like: Chinese characters, quotes from Lawrence of Arabia, Owl City lyrics, flowers, a June Jordan "Poem About My Rights", dinosaur tracks, and quotes from the characters, such as: Did Carol just say a boy is C-U-T-E?!?!?!?! and We are too hot for dinosaurs! 

None of it, admittedly, makes any sense out of context, and a lot of it will never be used when I write my novel. But each phrase is something that A) reveals something about my characters, or B) Tells me something about where my story is going.

While writing my character bios, which is Step 2 of my Novel Writing Process, ideas for plots start to come to me. Since I started writing about these characters last summer, a lot of plotlines are coming back to me with minute differences, minor plotlines are starting to become major plotlines, and vague ideas in the back of my head are starting to blossom. Once I finish my last character bio, which I hope to do tonight,  I'm going to begin to organize all of these plotlines and organize scenes that  A)  reveal insight into a character's mind, and B) move the plot along.