Executive Control and the Writer(s)-Within-Community Model

Abstract

Executive control represents an interaction between social context and the mental and physical actions of writers. This chapter addresses this interactive premise as it applies to executive control in writing by illustrating how this operates theoretically through the lens of the Writer(s)-within-Community model. This model proposes that the community in which writing takes place and the cognitive capabilities and resources of those who create it simultaneously and reciprocally influence writing. The multiple ways in which context and individual capabilities interact to shape and constrain the use of executive control in writing are examined.