Instead, they build a story on top of their head start.
You can build a good short story around this kind of guy, but the longer form is another matter.
He's a film director who is used to building a story with cuts.
The first step in building a story is to find and choose material.
One of the great things about Fiction is that you don't need any evidence to build a story from an idea.
A simple stereotype isn't much to build a story on.
"Of course, we could build a second story and double that," somebody called.
"This one'll stand for you, and the other cards'll build a story around it."
I look for a concept and then build a story around it.
The idea is that you build, create a story and cobble it together.