Worldbuilding

I really like wordbuilding,metaphor building, character arching – before any words hit the page – whether its a story or screenplay. Then you have the entire design, all the axes, already set, you’d just fill it in / describe it in whatever style you’re going for.
Sometimes all you need is a snapshot and everything can branch from there…
Sometimes all you need is a wordplay, an inflection, a challenge of an idea[l]…