Friends read drafts of chapters. When chapters came back from the committee, colleagues read their comments, and we discussed ways of interpreting them. I would never have finished my dissertation except for the conversations that I had with other people about writing. A good writer, I am told, is one who does not need help from anyone else, someone who knows what to do and when to do it. The opposite, of course, is true.
More experienced writers tend to spend more time with their texts than less experienced writers.
An experienced writer has developed strategies for writing, ways of getting through the process. An experienced writer might know that the first day of any writing project involves sharpening pencils, lining them up in rows, and pacing because it's a necessary step of his prewriting process. An experienced writer knows that writing is always work. An experienced writer will often seek out another reader for a text before it is submitted for grading or publishing. An experienced writer revises.