The Writing Process: Stage One

When I usually write essays or short essays, I don't follow the BIG SIX questions. I just write, and make sure to have a topic sentence, a hook, a 3 paragraph body, and a really good conclusion. I never really bothered to ensure that my essay had those. I, personally found this quite difficult than yesterday's lesson. I'm still a bit confused one finding my six questions and making my list, but other than that I understand everything else. I like the clustering part, I remember do clustering in elementary, but instead of clustering it was called "webbing." Does anyone else remember doing this in elementary?