Or, sometimes, I imagine myself as the chars themselves, pondering what's happening to them, what could happen, what will and did happen, and what details are needed to reference these possible events and outcomes.

Maybe I just enjoy the moments of daydreaming about what idea I'm arting on. Is odd.

Hm, I don't do bgs all that often, but when I do, I think I find it fun to see it as stacking creative blocks together. Or jigsaw pieces.

Like, I have the chars doing X, and now I have to figure out what Y details in the background stack/fit with the idea in a way that makes the block tower grow.