My style of play seems to have settled into a steady method, so I thought I'd describe it here. I hope you find it helpful. Most of the puzzles we're set respond well to this set of techniques, with an initial rush of points, then a series of increasingly tougher "walls", where you just can't get the score to go higher, but you eventually find a way through. Variations on this will include unlocking more loops for the rotate to work on, and reducing the number of segments in the helix and trying the rotate again. These are some rules of thumb that I usually follow throughout the game.