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Freewriting and Brainstorming to Generate Ideas for Writing

The Writing Process | Enrichment Course

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Freewriting

In freewriting, simply write whatever comes to mind on a topic for 10-20 minutes, using free association. Then, go over your ideas looking for patterns and highlight ideas you may want to develop further.

 

Brainstorming

Brainstorming is similar to freewriting in that you let one thought flow into the other, but you list ideas. Then you choose the idea you would like to develop into writing.

You can brainstorm on your own or with someone else.

Other Techniques to Generate Ideas for Writing

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Table of Contents Overview of the Process
 Stage 1. Think
Step 1. Generating ideas  Step 2. Planning Step 3. Thesis and outline
 Stage 2. Write
Step 1. Writing paragraphs Step 2. Types of paragraphs
 Stage 3. Polish
Step 1. Revise Step 2. Edit Final touches
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