Write Away

Haha, my aunt, who is a published author, recommended the "Snowflake" method to me. She even sent me a link to the software, which I bought. Assuming that's what you're referring to. I tried to use it, but... I don't know, with my story idea there were too many things I didn't know and it ended up being pretty useless to me.

Basically, you start a file and progress through different levels. The first level is, like, establish the genre and your target audience. Then, write a one sentence summary of your story. Then, expand that into a paragraph. Then, expand each sentence from that paragraph into a paragraph. Now, start naming your main characters. Then... and so on. It would "branch out" into more complex stuff, to the point of "what does your character keep in his/her pockets" type stuff. And I just didn't know, because I hadn't written anything yet.