I'm serious, actually

[mmegaera]

Just out of curiosity -- is there such a thing as a book plotting method that doesn't start with "brainstorm as many scenes as you can come up with, then juggle them till they're in the right order"? Everything I've been able to find in the last twenty years of writing seems to boil down to that, and that's not the way my brain works. I would love to do more planning so I don't waste so much time, but that's not the way for me to go, thanks.

After four novels, I really want my writing time to be more efficient, but this isn't helping...