There are three general approaches to writing. The focal point of the
first approach is the products of writing. This technique examines
texts in several different ways, namely, through the texts’ formal
surface elements or discourse structure. The second approach
focuses on the writer. It illustrates writing in terms of the processes
used to create texts and can be divided into the expressivist, situated
strands and cognitivist (Hyland, 2002). The third approach focuses
on the role of readers in writing and how writers engage with their
target audience in producing coherent texts. This chapter focuses
on the second approach to writing – the processes employed by
writers to produce texts. It will describe the process undergone by a
researcher whose English is a second language in producing articles
which have been accepted and published in journals. The following
section will provide a brief review of literature on writer-oriented
research
