For freewriting

1. You can get new ideas.
2. You'll learn something about your thought process.
3. It can give you an opportunity to write as poorly as you want to.
4. Because sometimes you need to warm up before tackling larger writing projects.
5. It can help to relieve stress, by letting whatever is clogging your mind a release point.
6. Because you might surprise yourself with how different things become connected.
7. It can be a lot of fun.
8. It gives you something to do while waiting at the dentist's office.
9. Because it is a creative writing exercise that you can do with your children.
10. Because once the words begin to flow, it can be rather difficult to stop them.