* Brainstorming: Generating ideas freely.
* Freewriting: Writing continuously without stopping to edit.
* Clustering/Webbing: Visually connecting ideas.
* Outlining: Organizing ideas in a structured format.
* Questioning: Asking who, what, where, when, why, and how to explore a topic.
The action that is not part of prewriting is editing.
Editing is the process of revising and improving your writing after you've drafted it. Prewriting focuses on the initial stages of developing your ideas.