hello! been a minute ... school really did a number on me last fall, haha. im trying to finally nail down a plot for a project that's been in rewrite purgatory for years at this point, and i really want to have stuff actually written down. so many of the problems im having with this WIP are because i have been keeping it in my head with minimal physical notes for all this time. i know that it's a dangerous game to try to write the "childhood daydream novel," which is why im trying to nail it down and doing my best to not be afraid of killing my darlings. so, i guess my question is, are there any plotting methods, note formats, etc, that work well for you all ? i have been a pantser like allll my life and i want to pivot. ive heard about "story grids," can anyone here vouch for that/has anyone tried it? thank you!

I like physical post-it notes for visual motivation, but it does get difficult with the details. As a comprimise I use miro, it lets me brainstorm freely and move stuff around. I guess a sub-technique would be some sort of "timeline" method? I like to know the order of events before I start writing.