Please imagine this to be written in letters of fire! DO NOT LET ANYONE TELL YOU THERE IS A 'MUST DO IT THIS WAY' APPROACH TO PLOTTING.
If you're not yet published, but are working towards it, I'd suggest you try every method that seems remotely useful to you - using a different one with each book - until you find out what suits you best at this stage in your career. Don't get stuck in a rut until you're sure the rut suits you and leads to publication. And even then, you might like to keep an eye open for other ways of working, because you will change and develop as a writer.
(If you want more details of my thoughts on plotting and editing, please try my book of the same name - 'Plotting and Editing' written under my Sherry-Anne Jacobs name, available either in print form from http://www.bookworm.com.au or available as an electronic book from http://www.fictionworks.com And if you want to read some of my work, visit my web page at http://www.annajacobs.com )
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