the student masters the new and unfamiliar process of writing: putting ideas into words and putting those words down on paper. He will begin by pulling apart the two steps of writing and practicing them separately.
This is the essence of good teaching: breaking tasks down into their component elements and teaching students how to perform each element, before putting the elements back together.
The pianist practices first the right hand, and then the left hand, before putting the two together; the young writer practices putting ideas into words, and then putting words down on paper, before trying to do both simultaneously.
Good writing requires training. It demands one-on-one attention.
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