in this chapter, we examine the composing processes of expert writers working in expository genres (from the chapter)in the first section, we discuss how the ill-defined nature of many writing problems and the cognitive processes experts use to solve these problems interact to provide an opportunity for creative thinkingin the second section, we examine how differences in writers' representation of their task can affect the originality and overall quality of their final productsin the last two sections, we look at how writers' planning and revision processes can provide opportunities for working creatively in expository genres (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)