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For years I've made notes for myself about every league and tournament game I play, and also important pick-up games where I learned something. At first my notes were vague, but the more I did it the more I can remember until now I can sit down days after a tournament and remember nearly everything that happened in 3 or 4 games.

Also early-on I used to try to go turn-by-turn, but I found I got bogged down in which turn was which and it was boring to write--and boring to read later on. I find it works better to focus on the deployment and the first couple of turns, then when the battle breaks into zones--as it usually does--describe what happened in each zone of the table from the midgame through to the end.