Brainstorming and/or branching helps writers because it gives them more ideas to put into their story. Brainstorming helps if a writer is just developing the plot of their story, so they brainstorm to get ideas.
Brainstorming helps the writer come up with different ideas. (apex)
A diary
Literally, the brainstorming phase.
brainstorming
One important purpose of pre-writing in the writing process is to help with brainstorming for ideas. Another purpose is to help clarify and edit to make the final draft more presentable.
Outlining AEPX
Outlining
A free-flowing language of a diary can help with the brainstorming and drafting stages of the writing process. It can encourage creativity, exploration of ideas, and allow thoughts to be captured in a raw and unfiltered form which can later be refined into a more structured piece of writing.
Right after brainstorming
At the beginning
Outlining AEPX
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