The English department at the University of Cincinnati recently initiated an experimental writing course for developmental students who used Apple IIc computers and the Bank Street Writer (BSW) word processing program. BSW was chosen because of its overall simplicity, efficiency, and accessibility. The first two weeks of the course consisted of "play" at the keyboard, followed by two weeks of increasingly structured freewriting activities. In the fifth week, students began a series of assignments designed to help them write a one paragraph essay. In separate class sessions, students (1) retrieved a "topic sentence" file and experimented with supplying supporting details to various sentences, (2) retrieved a "topic sentence into paragraph" file and composed the first draft of a one paragraph essay, (3) revised their first drafts for grammar, (4) broke into groups of three or four to review teacher's comments on style and content and saw the teacher individually, (5) revised their essays to incorporate stylistic revisions, and (6) made final adjustments and printed the final copy. Teachers responded enthusiastically to the program's results, claiming that the computer allowed more efficient use of class time and resulted in excellent student writing samples. (One student's completed set of assignments is included.) (JD)