[ OT ] How do you come up with the stories you write about ?

Usually it starts with an idea or concept. Basic stuff. Then that idea gets more and more complex, sometimes changing in large amounts so that it no longer looks like the basic idea. Then I take that, layer out the complex idea/concept/story over a series of events within the world I place it in ( usually one I've made up myself ) in segments, or chapters more accurately, and proceed to write them out with the characters and letting their personality and decisions control the flow. 
 
 For example, down to the very basic core idea of a novel I've written, it could be said as'This guy dies and goes to the afterlife'. 
 
 From there I can continue to add more detail. Say that this guy is n't alone. Say that an entire town ended up following him into the afterlife. Now this man is somewhat like a priest/policeman, and there's now all these people in the afterlife with him. As he's sort of a priest he knows what to do, but everyone else does not. So as a policeman he takes it upon himself to help these people through the afterlife. Now for the killer detail of this part, the man knows who killed these people, and he knows they're the ones who ended up getting him killed, and them killed in response. 
 
 Boom, that's a lot more detail, right? Well I could keep going. 
 
 Now there's some sort of evil spirit monsters running around in the afterlife out to consume/destroy the priest and the people. They try to lure people away and destroy them, and the policeman has to stop that from happening while they try to reach a safe haven ( or a'Paradise' ). Now that adds some conflict and action. 
 
 Alright, so eventually this man gets everyone to a safe place. But where are all these evil monsters coming from? A certain dead evil villain from times long past that's been imprisoned in this afterlife. Well what can be done about that? The man ends up learning how and that he's the only one willing and able to defeat the old villain and get rid of the monsters, and sets out to do so with someone to help guide him. 
 
 I could continue as there's still way more detail, but for sake of not writing too much I wo n't. But that's generally how I write. I think of a simple idea/concept and place specific characters into them, and roll out from there.
