Pre-writing I've Used in The Past

In the past, I'm pretty sure the only form of pre-writing that I have used is writing drafts. To be honest, before I read pg. 1-9 of our book I had no idea there were so many forms of pre-writing! I think now that I know of the different types of pre-writing it will be much easier to write my education narrative than it would have be if I were to only use drafts a pre-writing technique. I've never been a very good writer so this class is challenging me quite a bit with all of the blog entries we have, but I'm hoping that using the techniques in the book and talking in the groups will help me become a better writer and do well in the class and classes in the future.