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Writing is often claimed as the most difficult and complex skill to be mastered by students. Moreover, compared to the other skills, writing is more thoughtful. In order to produce a good writing, the students writer needs a sufficient guidance from the teacher (lecturer). Providing feedback on students writing is one of the ways to help students become a good writer. This article aimed at exploring lecturers beliefs, lecturers practices and the possibility of their beliefs transformation regarding the provision of written corrective feedback on students writing. The participants of this study were three lecturers of English Education Department of an Islamic State University of Lampung, Indonesia who taught writing. Interviews and document analysis were employed in collecting the data. The data was analyzed by using Thematic analysis. The findings have shown that most of lecturers practices are mismatch with their beliefs. Moreover, the result of interview after some teaching practices has shown that their beliefs shifted by the time.