When making up routines you can make your life a lot easier for yourself if you know which moves work best together.
No matter if you are a seasoned instructor or a beginner, there is always a situation when you are caught in a move where you know that unless you march, tap or trip up you are not going to get to your next movement in a smooth fashion.
One of the easiest ways to rectify this is to know which moves easily transition into others. This can be best described in the following diagram (courtesy of a Jay Blahnik workshop from many years ago):
As you can see movements such as neutral moves, where both feet are on the floor, and any moves that come from marches, such as v steps, mambos etc, can flow into any other movement with relative ease. The problem arises when you try to go from a step touch movement, such as step knee or leg curl (where you step your foot on the floor on count 1), to a lift step movement, such as knee lift (where you lift the knee on count 1)!
What you need to do is add a movement that flows from a step touch movement first, such as march/v step/ mambo/pivot turn, and then go into your lift step move.
Using the above chart will save you hours of time in working this out, as well as hours of frustration!
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