You are a very concise writer which I love about your stuff. :D If I'm writing something under 5k then I tend to write all out and cut afterward.

With longer stories, if I have an action scene or a scene where there are three to four characters talking, (oi) I revert to writing things like a screenplay. Get all that vital dialogue or action on the screen so I can visualize or hear it - then fill in the details. But I don't 'come back to that' later..it's how I build-up the piece.

Odd. I know :D