ABSTRACT
It has been suggested that becoming a strong writer is a blend of inherent ability and learned skills (Foster, 1980), Foster explained that writing includes both closed-and openclass capacities (Passmore, 1980). Closed-capacities are those skills that can eventually be mastered. In terms of writing, it is suggested that closed-class capacities would be skills such as spelling, punctuation, and grammatical form. Open-class skills, on the other hand, are those skills that are never completely mastered, and require imagination, inventiveness, and judgment It is suggested that discourse strategy in writing is an openclass capacity.
