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There are as many methods as there are writers. Here's a handy infographic to give you an idea of the broad swaths of different styles. I appear to be a "chaotic plotter". I come up with an idea for a story, then I fill my outline-editor (in this case, TreeLine) with as many related ideas as I can. My experience is that, once that reaches a sort of critical mass, I find I can write the story. Another thing I've noticed is that, once I've developed the characters sufficiently, I can just put them into situations and, essentially, watch them from the outside, and simply write down what they do. But your experience may vary, and probably will.