Zette's Take: An important step in learning to write a story

For the last month or more I've been thinking about creativity
and the production of stories.  I've been
sorting through the maze, looking at the A to B to C steps.  Only that doesn't work.  There are too many paths and ways to get
there.  None of us takes exactly the same
twists and turns, and yet we each learn the same basics . . .  at least if we are willing to learn at all.