From PASSAGE-BASED FocusED FREEWRITE to Formal Essay It is often productive to take a focused freewrite and type it, revising and further freewriting until you have filled the inevitable gaps in your thinking that the time limit has created
I think this is something we should practice more often. By noting and working upon your previous thoughts makes you more of a thinker. You will learn to think about the words you choose. And you will know how to put pieces of information together so that you can understand concepts in your own words. In general re-writing text makes you understand it more and be able to focus on the topic.