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There are different schools of thought on this, loosely broken down into Outliners and Pantsers (seat of their pants). Great writers in both camps, so it's really just a question of figuring out what works for you.
That said, I think I'd recommend that you jump back several steps. Writing is a skill, and while reading widely is an important step in developing that skill, it's not enough just on its own. Read a couple books on writing. (I'd recommend Stephen King's On Writing and Donald Maass's Writing the Breakout Novel, but everyone has their own favorites). Do some writing exercises - keep a journal, write Morning Pages (several pages of stream-of-consciousness writing, done every day as a way to to declutter your brain), etc. There's lots of sites that give exercises for writers. You should also try to get some feedback on your work, so you know what's effective and what isn't. But mostly, experiment, and see what works.
While you're doing all this, I'd recommend jotting down ideas for your short story. But don't let yourself even try to start writing it. Think about it, dream about it, but don't write it. Not until you've A) got enough skill to write it reasonably well, and B)got enough enthusiasm for it that there's no damn way you're going to walk away.
And after all this, you know what? It may not work. You may not be a writer.
Writing's hard. Dreaming up the ideas is fun, but getting them down on paper, and then perfecting them - that's work. It's rewarding and exciting work, but it's far from easy. And just having one story idea is not nearly enough. The amount of work you have to put in to developing your craft is totally disproportionate to the satisfaction that you'd get at the end of it all if you only produce a single story. At least in my opinion.
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