Question

Freewriting is a tool used to _____.

Answer 1

Freewriting is a tool used to generate a topic.

Freewriting is a popular tool among writers, it is especially useful to overcome something that can become disastrous for them: writer's block. When a writer is struggling to find topics to write about, freewriting can help them out tremendously and you can think about it as a form of "brainstorming" in which the writer does not preoccupy about grammar, orthography or the writing "making sense" they just use it as a "prewriting" strategy to get ideas flowing so they can come up with topics to actually write about.

Answer 2

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