“You have to look at it as if you’re starting from scratch even if you’re not really doing that. I think when you get notes and stuff like that, and you’re trying to execute notes you have to find something inside the note that appeals to you and changes how you want to make the story to make it more interesting to you and look at it that way.” - Aaron Guzikowski.
A simple and great insight into the step of the process that I personally find the most torturous and generally confounding!