I do this in a slower form when I write too, as most everything I submit is a freewrite that has very little direction from the start, other than a barely formed idea, a sentence, a title or a picture

I think you mentioned this to me about a month or so ago and I learned this from you. When I started writing more seriously, I used to take time out to properly develop my topic. These days, I just form latch on a topic and start writing, proceeding to different branches as the the ideas come