there arnt tutorials on techno per-se, but then whats techno?

From what you said it seems like you are having the perennial problem of sequencing, in terms of structure at least.

Here's something i do, sequence out the whole tune VERY quickly. dont worry about FX or ear candy, do that later. just get the strucutre together in as short a time as possible as it means that the sequence retains energy. Remember what you are effectivly doing is acting like seperate members of a band, and they all think in different ways and are different beings, so why not be different in terms of attitude with each track.

Work first on your volumes and get progressivly more intracate from there on in.

LIVE sequencing helps here, then using an editor to add things also works.

HTH