Theoretically, you can build a story from scratch by adding all the different elements in a cookie cutter approach, but I think that puts the creative process on its head. Instead, I think you have to start with a story in mind, then when it seems to bog down and you don’t know where it’s going, you flip through the different possibilities to look for something you might have been missing. The story should be supported by plot structure rather than the plot structure being fleshed out by the story (in my opinion).