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This is the process I'm following this time around:

1. One sentence
2. One sentence for each character
3. One paragraph for each character
4. Chronology, wherein I weave together each character's paragraphs along with supporting events, into a list of one-line events
5. Ghost draft, wherein I expand each one-line event into a paragraph
6. Script draft, wherein I expand each paragraph into a skeleton of a scene, complete with important dialog
7. Story analysis and revision, wherein I add to the skeleton to make everything make sense
8. Rough draft, wherein I put nice words on the skeleton but hopefully don't have to spend any time figuring out the how of anything
9. First draft, wherein I make it as pretty as possible before making it available to Kevin

I'm on step 5 (ghost draft). Today I got through the initial phase of the story. Tomorrow, the first major plot section. I've given myself until next Tuesday to finish the ghost draft but it'd be cool to finish it earlier. I suppose I should re-evaluate my final deadline.