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Abstract

Although writing is commonly characterized as a process of discovery there are constrasting conceptions involved in the writing process. The classical models of cognitive processes of writing treat the discovery as a side effect of the processes required for effective communication and associate the adaptation of thought to rhetorical goals. In this paper, I argue that such models overly emphasize the role of thinking process explicit in writing, to detriment of implicit processes in text production. After a review of investigative research on the emergence of new ideas in the writers at the moment they are writing, I argue that there are significant contradictions in what constitutes the classic features of discovery. Alternatively I outline dual writing process, in which I claim to provide a better explanation of empirical data. The model identifies two conflicting processes in writing: an explicit planning process, incorporating many of the features supported by the classic style of writing, and an implicit process of producing text, which operates according to the principles of connectionist processing. The basic characteristics of such processes and complementary role in the writing were discussed.

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ORCID for David Galbraith: orcid.org/0000-0003-4195-6386

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