I think that if I have an interesting premise, it either moves quite quickly into actual plot bunny where I have a good idea of what the story is, or it dies almost immediately as a 'wouldn't it be cool.' There's nothing that really hangs on in the intermediate zone between those two, not for more than a day or so. I tend to ask myself right away - "What would actually happen? What would the story be about?" and if I can't answer it, then that's it.
(Which isn't to say I always end up actually writing the plot bunnies, but at least I have a sense of the outline of how they would go and they could be written.)
I guess sometimes if it's a specific scene, I might write out the scene and try to figure out how they get there later on, but that feels different than a 'premise,' to my mind. A scene idea is like a mid-way signpost for a story where you don't know the starting point. Whereas a premise is like a map of a woodland that gives you an interesting picture of the place from above, but no guidance on what kind of path to take.
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Date: 2017-04-19 11:42 pm (UTC)(Which isn't to say I always end up actually writing the plot bunnies, but at least I have a sense of the outline of how they would go and they could be written.)
I guess sometimes if it's a specific scene, I might write out the scene and try to figure out how they get there later on, but that feels different than a 'premise,' to my mind. A scene idea is like a mid-way signpost for a story where you don't know the starting point. Whereas a premise is like a map of a woodland that gives you an interesting picture of the place from above, but no guidance on what kind of path to take.