Which step of the writing process is most important because it involves gathering and organizing ideas before writing

This step would be: Research.

Most writers, particularly novelists as well as biographers and journalists often spend more time in the actual research phase of their projects than in writing their final manuscripts.

This is because large manuscripts will easily get confusing if the author himself or herself isn't absolutely in command of his or her facts.

Complex plots, in a similar fashion than complex movie script plots will not be effective if the author has not ordered adequately all the research of any given project he or she is working on.

To paraphrase Edison; genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.

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explanation:

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.