: Re: Scene switching and how to do it? So I am writing a story that is in my head for millions of years already and it is finally progressing. I like how things going for a first draft and

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What you are describing reminds me of The Lord of the Rings, once the Fellowship splits up. Different chapters follow Frodo, Aragorn, Merry and Pippin.
To avoid confusion, Tolkien always devotes whole chapters, not parts of them, to each character. That is, a jump between characters never occurs in the middle of a chapter.
Furthermore, whenever there is jump, Tolkien clearly indicates right at the beginning of the chapter who we're following now:

Pippin lay in a dark and troubled dream (LotR, III, 3 - The Uruk Hai)
‘My very bones are chilled,’ said Gimli (LotR, III, 5 - The White Rider)
‘Well, master, we’re in a fix and no mistake,’ said Sam Gamgee. (LotR IV, 1 - The Taming of Sméagol)

Etc.
Chronologically, Tolkien jumps back and forth with one line relative to the other, occasionally indicating what another group is doing at the same time. In other cases, different characters witness the same phenomenon from different places, giving the reader an anchor. This element helps maintain the unity of the plot.

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