The Importance of a Notepad in Dark Souls

You will learn a lot of stuff just in talking to people and it will not get saved anywhere. It is worth keeping a notepad though, because although major side quests do get logged in like with the details and stuff like that. There's really nice little like vignettes. When you talk to someone, there was one where it was like at a stable. They also write anything important in red, which is helpful.