They Say, I Say The authors of They Say, I Say claim that writers follow a step by step procedure to explain their side. Since the steps are done repeatedly, writing has established a template that writers can use. The templates give the push to think critically and allow students to use in a college level paper or for other purposes. The formula of they say and I say lets writers express their ideas, but also include the ideas of others. Academic writing enables to gather points and summarize them with one’s own suggestions. Templates help to start but the originality comes from the writer. Overall, using templates is beneficial because they assist on how to format writing. I agree that templates are used as encouragement to keep going
