My workshop instructor last year is visual like you. She created her own portable bulletin boards (kind of like the school project display boards, but smaller) and used one for each project. I expect an art portfolio could work as well. She hung these in her writing space at home, but could take one or more with her whenever she traveled, too.
For each project, she would section off the board so that she had a space for characters, a space marked off for 4 acts (her preference). And a couple of other sections I don't remember at the moment.
Then she would either print and cut character notes or create post-its (color coded) as she developed each main character. For secondary and tertiary characters she created lists, so at a glance she could refresh her memory about who was whom as she was working.
In the 4 acts section, she would use more color coded post-its for chapter notes, scene ideas and to-do's. As she finished scenes, she would print a scene chart for each act listing what she called Big Ass Turning Points (based on the 10 key scenes). She could see at a glance what she had done and what needed doing when she sat down at her desk every morning.
She also wasn't afraid to post on her command central photos to represent characters, quotes, fabrics/colors, etc in a kind of collage that reminded her of her story and created visual reminders of world she was writing about.
That said, she mentioned this year that she has switched to Writer's Cafe because they have all the components in her command central, including a collage feature.
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