ABSTRACT
One of the features of a writing process is the continuing changing task situation. The amount of available information changes as the text produced so far increases. “the recursive nature of the writing process observed in studies in planning and revision allows, and in fact calls for, re-representation” (Carey & Flower, 1989, p. 6; italics added). Writers might adapt to changes in task situations and changes in processes and strategies (cf. Snow, 1980; Snow & Yalow, 1982), which means that some cognitive activities might be dominant during certain moments of writing, while they are not in other moments. Task adaptations are essential for problem-solving processes in general and for writing in particular, because of the developing text, and in some task situations the changing sources for writing.
