I've always found other people's techniques interesting. I typically shape stories like:
1) Identify the conflict
2) Form the exposition
3) Solve the conflict
4) Fill in the middle like a sudoku
And by sudoku I mean like you have some ideas that require certain details that spark other ideas that spark more details, bouncing around the main structure in no particular order until all my building blocks have actual flavor
I've always found other people's techniques interesting. I typically shape stories like:
1) Identify the conflict
2) Form the exposition
3) Solve the conflict
4) Fill in the middle like a sudoku
And by sudoku I mean like you have some ideas that require certain details that spark other ideas that spark more details, bouncing around the main structure in no particular order until all my building blocks have actual flavor
I like that method too!