I'll show you details a step-by-step method for planning and refining stories using John Truby's character-focused structure, Donald Maass's emotional depth, Eric Bork's idea generation, and Stuart Horwitz's flexible architecture. Applied to the author's coming-of-age novel: Truby outlines arcs (teens' desires vs. self-discovery); Maass adds conflict (friendship, first love, parent-child clashes); Bork sparks concepts (experimental school life); Horwitz cohesively structures drafts.