When I start writing I usually brainstorm and cluster my ideas on a piece of paper. Once I have this sort of sketch, I look for material to support my paragraphs. I also use a lot of questionnning.
Most of my students find pre-writing useless. Students want everything to be instant nowadays. Another problem is that they understand pre-writing and writing as separate stages, i.e. they may use different techniques during pre-writing but start textualizing following new ways of thought. This is very personal and it is connected with the student's learning style.
Overall, I think that pre-writing is very important to activate previous knowledge and retrieve information from the long term memory.
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