I've been trying a couple different things with writing the Kyndred books, and one of them is creating an on-call list of characters for each scene. This is like a crib sheet that breaks down every chapter by scene and POV, along with a list of the characters who should make an appearance (this doesn't always work out; while I'm writing I may add or subtract characters as needed.)
My on-call list looks something like this (note: POV characters' names are underlined):
Intro A: Palace War Room...
Published on May 24, 2010 21:00