Ch. 2: Freewriting Has Its Place

I think of freewriting as a way of brainstorming. It's just one more technique to use and its usefulness depends on the project I'm working on and the stage I'm at in the process. Usually it works best when I'm trying to get down as many thoughts as I can before I lose them. I end up with junk sometimes, but I usually also end up with a few good ideas I can expand on. Sometimes I end up with a lot of good ideas that just need to be edited and organized. Freewriting is also good for venting. It is not so good for creating an overall structure, but then that's not really the point of it in my opinion.