Where to Start Building a Story

Which comes first: character or plot?

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Years ago, we were writing a TV show as a group of ten writers. The story was about a young, lower class, uneducated, but good-looking womanizer. He swept an upper class off her feet, married her, but couldn’t find happiness.

Our biggest discussion was how the guy was going to seduce the woman. He was hungry for wealth…