Although a process-based approach to writing instruction is not a new concept its merits in the teaching of EFL are unequivocal. It has been apparent that many EFL teachers particularly in Indonesia are still practicing product-oriented teaching of writing in which emphasis is given to grammatical and lexical accuracy in students compositions (i.e. essays). For this reason this article argues that EFL teachers need to consider implementing process-based academic writing instruction particularly at the college level. Within the process-based framework writing is viewed as process which involves pre-writing drafting responding revising edit- ing and post-writing through which students recursively and reflectively reel.