Here is an example of freewriting by a woman who wanted to write an essay about working mothers. The passage is hard to read because the writer was not worrying about spelling, punctuation, oroganization; she was simply trying to record her thoughts rapidly in their earliest stages so that she could go back and think about them later.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Technical Requirements Navigating Sentence Sense Using Applications Using a Word Processor ESL TIPS CHARTS AND TABLES Auxiliary Verbs Common Verb Contractions Use of Modal Auxiliaries The Four Forms of Regular Verbs Common Irregular Verbs Some Common Prepositions Verbs, Gerunds and Infinitive Completers Summary of Comma Use Uses of Reported Speech Clause Connectors Summary of Solutions for Run-ons Agreement With to do, to have & to be Pronouns Spelling Chart Correction Tally OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES SEARCH ENGINE