This document provides an overview of pre-writing strategies for an ENG 1010 college writing course. It discusses developing ideas through techniques like journaling and mapping topics. It also covers identifying the purpose, audience, tone, and point of view for an essay. Students are instructed to discover a limited subject and appropriate thesis for their essay. The document reviews finding evidence to support the thesis and organizing evidence chronologically, spatially, or through another structure. It emphasizes the importance of outlines, topic sentences, and concluding paragraphs in drafting the essay.