Prewriting constitutes the phase of a writing strategy that involves deciding on the topic and the purpose of the essay.
Prewriting constitutes the first step of the writing process which is followed by other steps such as drafting, revision, editing and publishing. Prewriting may consist of a combination of outlining, diagramming, storyboarding, clustering.
One important task in prewriting is the election of a topic and then narrowing it to a length that can be covered in the space allowed.
