A few weeks ago my writing buddy Rich and I had an interesting discussion about how we approach writing scenes.  I had shared some stuff that was pretty raw due to time constraints and was mostly dialogue.  He was surprised I started there -- he begins more descriptively.  But I usually think about where the conflict is, which characters will be in the scene and go from there.  Then I move to stage business - where they are in a setting, how they move about, and so forth. Each pass at the scene (before I would even call it a first draft) adds a layer.  Sometimes it all flows in one, but more often I'm focusing on an element at a time, maybe because it is my first novel, maybe because it is just my way.  

Rich and I end up in the same place i.e., with a complete scene but I think we "color" differently.  

This makes me curious, now that I am a SheWrites member, to hear how others approach the blank page for a scene -- 

Geri