User blog comment:KvngDragon/Advice and Question About Boot Orders/@comment-30438246-20180609212411

I usually decide the boot order before I start the season, that way, similar to IRL Survivor, I can give my winner a winner edit, and every other character an edit based on what they will do in the future. I also usually decide twists and swaps and such beforehand as well.

Sometimes I switch up a couple things in the middle of the story though. For example, in my first fanon, Survivor: Gambier Islands (shameless plug), I actually was originally going to make the F4 boot the winner, but switched up a few things to make the narrative a bit cleaner and more sense-making.