With the implementation of theoretical and practical approaches to action and production-oriented German teaching, the role of writing in school also began to change. Writing is increasingly seen as a key competence that needs to be developed in a long-term and situational way. Above all, however, it has become clear that the support and encouragement of writers cannot and must not be provided by German lessons alone if the development of writing skills is not to be reduced to specific writing occasions and types of text. In the subject German, the foundations for flexible writing skills can be laid (Spinner 2001). However, the challenges to writers in the other subjects require targeted writing development and promotion in each individual subject. have Gerd Bräuer and Kirsten Schindler in this Buc.