Diagrams, outlines, graphs and time-wasters

At a recent chapter meeting another speaker advised using an outline. Yuck. I actually hate outlining. So many authors have these cute little charts and graphs to get their story together. I do envy their organizational skill. I have tried. Honest. I tried Deb Dixon’s outline for goal, conflict, and resolution. Remember the Wizard of Oz example? Boy, I grabbed that like a lifeline to a drowning sailor. Too bad the graph defeated me. Did this fact go here? Or here?
I’ve used the character question forms. His name, her name, mother’s name, listed like a genealogy. Who gives a rat’s butt what the hero’s mother’s maiden name was?
After years of searching for what works for me, I’m finally doing my own thing.
I have a book bible for each manuscript.
In it is a timeline- day, night, moon phase, whatever is relevant to when.
When I add a character, I copy the description, adding details as they appear.
This is part of my first draft process. I do a simple edit on the previous day’s work, put items in the bible and start the flow for today’s pages. Works for me.