Reflective writing is a form of writing in which we look back to process the experiences we had. On the other hand, Metacognitive is a type of reflection or learned from your life experiences with the purpose of using it to your advantage. The difference between this from of review compared to others is that you challenge your writing and come up with reasons with why you wrote it to begin with. It is a method of writing with metacognitive focus which helps one to revive their prior knowledge, practice and apply new strategies in their writing, also helps one to reflect on their strength and challenges.

This form of review is extremely helpful, and I use it a lot of the time on day-to-day things. The way I use reflective writing is I ask myself if I understood the events I experienced or what situation or events gave me a lesson, also makes me think of events that are not important and I should let go of it. I feel all in all it encourages growth on myself as a student, also as a working professional.

In general, when I begin writing I think of various questions, which helps me to think what kind of outcome the writing will bring. I reflect on it by thinking from different perspectives. I try and come up with topics from the beginning, that will reflect to what I wish to discuss, and along with the topics I try to have at least two examples or references that help to enforce or back up my statement or point of view. When initially writing I tend to think these topics are full proof yet after reflecting on it I realize they may lack the “power” or just simply deviate from what I initially intended. With the essay, I chose to go with a personal story since that can help solidify the importance of the topic to me and helps solidify the community within itself as this was the community that helped me learn this newfound viewpoint.

Reflecting or Metacognative writing is when a writer thinks about an event or idea and reflects on it. This allows the writer to analyze the situation and express their own thoughts about them. Reflective writing comes from the writer’s personal experiences and effects the way a person analyzes the situation and the emotional investment in their expressed opinions. Metacognative writing helps the author create a clear purpose and helps to identify the intended audience. 

Reflective writing is something that has been taught to me since high school. I believe that reflecting and relating subjects can help me to create a more clear plan for my writing. I often will write single sentences and come back to the thoughts I have and expand my thoughts. This allows me to spend more time analyzing the thoughts that I have without losing the idea. It also helps me to go back into my essay to correct the mistakes and change the phrasing of my writing.In “Shitty First Drafts”  Anne Lamott suggests that multiple drafts of an essay should be considered in order to get clarity on their writing. The first draft is the least thought out and the writing is too recently created to have an objective view towards it. Multiple drafts allows me to see the errors and organizational issues that are more apparent in later drafts.

I used reflective writing a lot in my Unit One essay because the events took place in the past so I had to reflect about my time. I believe that it helped me to express the experience and discourse community that was my sorority. The reflecting helped me write a more meaningful and organized description of the events.