Seminar: Reflective Writing

Similar to our Reflecting Thinking seminar, in preparation for our Essays, we were given by Amanda Tinker an opportunity to reflect on any previous writing we have produced. The seminar gave me a lot of knowledge on how to prepare for my essay, and gave me knowledge on how to carefully plan out my essay so it wasn't rushed.

Reflection is:

• An ongoing process of thinking about your development in relation to your work
• A record and review of your work
• A way to gain new perspectives on yourself and your practice

My own reflection is something I rely on heavily, it motivates me to create my own work, if something isn't well planned out or if I've not thought about it, then it causes me to not want to create anything of good quality, I rely on my feedback to progress forward and feedback from my peers particularly is something I enjoy getting responses to, Amanda's lecture reminded me of this.

Reflecting writing and thought processes allows me to realise what to improve on next time, it allows me to improve my writing as well as a lot of thought goes into each piece of work I produce. It's allowed to me to make decisions a lot quicker and plan out my work a lot more; research is something I'm now intent on focusing on and the thought process behind this is key.

"Weighing up different courses of action before deciding what to do"

Over all, although a long seminar with a lot of information crammed into an hour, it was really useful for me as it allowed me to make sense of how to plan my essay correctly, research, the process of design, and how I can respond correctly to things that make a lot more sense. I'm quite used to rambling a lot and not making a lot of sense, I don't check my writing properly, so it's something I can defiantly look to improve upon. I found this seminar quite helpful.