When I write a story, I start with an idea that develops into a scene. From that scene, more ideas flow, and those ideas develop into more scenes. As this process continues, the scenes and ideas bounce off of each other into something more specific and refined.
It’s kind like essay writing. I start with a premise that I build into scenes that are like arguments for that premise. Then I pick it apart and see where the idea goes. That’s how I go about building the universe for the story–from that starting idea.
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