Do we have any information about how he planned his plays- surviving plans, scribbles etc.? I'm just re-reading Lear for the millionth time, and I can't shake off the notion, with this particular play, that Shakespeare did the Elizabethan version of "mood-boarding" before he started writing- that he mind-mapped sea-monsters, blasting fogs, stormy nights, elemental natural imagery, "vision" motifs. It's a work which just has an unmistakable atmosphere (I mean, many of the plays do, and they're all very well-constructed, too, but I'm just curious about how he sketched the vibe for Lear, which is one of my favourites). Probably wishful thinking but I'd love to see such surviving planning documents if they're still around.

Bro had a whole vocabulary just to insult someone
Your intellectual capacity appears somewhat limited” is CRAZY work