DD used to resist elaboration other than in oral formats (and still occasionally does this even now, when she is overwhelmed by stress or tired)-- it's a sense that maybe OVER-writing is a "waste" of effort or something?
That is, if you edit it later and pare it down, then why bother writing all that 'extra' to begin with, right?
Scribing really, really helped her to realize that she was actually quite a good writer, but that she needed to just take the step to make the effort.
The rest was maturation which just happened in its own good time. You certainly have my sympathies here, though-- writing was THE skill set that limited our educational options with DD, and kept us from giving her more appropriate educational opportunities back when she was 6-12yo.
