But me is me, and you is you. This is my creative process, yours might be completely different, because I'm very well aware that we all run on different fuel. This is where the real fun begins. Now you don't have to think about anything else, but concentrate on execution, leaving place for some happy accidents along the way. It's pretty much the same.
Rough ideas are also the initial phase of the writing process.
Here you find the most important element of your quest. You find your premise. In this stage you resolve another important issue - your main character . Perhaps you even develop your major characters in more depth because you know that the story comes out effortlessly if the characters and their relationships are well developed. Story outline , where you put all this things and chunks of raw material into perspective.