Maybe you can think of Holistic vs. Linear like this

You can create a story form using either the wizard or the theme map. Personally, I prefer the theme map. I think it is much more holistic and it goes with the way my mind normally approaches problems. You can make conscious, deliberate choices about multiple Throughlines simultaneously. I’m not, yet, at the point where I can create a story form entirely within the theme map, but I can get down to the Issue level from there and pick up a couple of miscellaneous appreciations (such as Benchmark) as well. It helps to reduce the number of options to something much more manageable if you are comfortable thinking holistically.