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I'd like to think that most people sitting down to write a novel would have some feel for what makes a story work. This is one of the reasons for the common advice that the best thing writers can do is read, read lots and read widely.
But my perspective (and so my suggestions and opinions as seen here) are heavily influenced by the fact that I don't plan in any great detail. I just can't work like that. Hence I fall heavily on the advice: write. That's the only thing I've found that works for me. Write. And sort it out later.
What you show from Ivan Izo is to similar to what I've seen from other authors that do plan. What I've always wondered is whether authors that use this method successfully started out that way, because it always seems to me that chapter and scene plans would take considerable experience to be accurate enough to be useful.
We are all different, so we must each tackle this however it works best for us, but I get a strong impression that many get bogged down in the technical stuff without ever getting to the point of actually writing - and finding out if they like it.
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