I almost never write in order. Usually it's ending first, then beginning, and then a few sketched scenes/situations to fit in somewhere. I found out relatively recently that makes me easy to adapt to script (for comics) and storyboard (for games) format.

I don't have an ending *yet* but I will. Sometimes it comes to me as I'm planning the rest of the story.





You've seen how I do that before. Sometimes I explore another character through the primary character's eyes, and other times I'll switch it back and forth. I do that without really thinking about it. It's hardest to do that when they're in the same room - if there's *some* separation, like even a doorway, it's easier to use context clues to show whose thoughts they are.

Like if one person is in the kitchen, you have them looking through the fridge while they're thinking. So if the next paragraph talks about thoughts someone is having while flipping through TV channels, you can tell they're someone else in a different room.

The other way I switch is I give each person's thoughts a slightly different "flavor". Keiko thinks in a very calm, philosophical, and zen-like manner with just a hint of paranoia - aware of her own fragility, but also not easily scared or surprised anymore. Sean is more logical and pointed, so his thoughts are mostly facts and off-the-cuff judgements, and he's more in-the-moment.