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
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.
Literally, the brainstorming phase.
brainstorming
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.
Outlining AEPX
Outlining
Right after brainstorming
At the beginning
brainstorming
Outlining AEPX