If you don't start with a destination in mind you're going to spend a whole lot of time wandering around on the page looking for your point? Too often writers groping around for something to say then fail to cut out all the evidence of that groping afterwards. The result is unfocused, overlong writing.
The final draft shouldn't mimic the path you took to come up with the idea. Instead, start the piece with a conclusion and make your best case.
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