Layered Writing
This occurred to me as an approach to
writing: start by just writing the absolute bare bones of what
happens. "A person finds a powerful thing. It is stolen from him. He
finds it. It destroys him." Then, begin to layer on characters,
detail, abstractions, descriptions, cross plots, intertwining plots,
etc. Eventually, they may become faint, even obscure. But the basic
bones of the story will always lie at the heart, and in the
basement, so to speak.
© 2003 Chuck Puckett