Section A Ten Commandments

Section A

The Ten Commandments for reflective writing:

1. Focus on creative decisions informed by institutional knowledge
2. Focus on creative decisions informed by theoretical understanding (Todorov)
3. Evaluate your process- don't just describe it
4. Relate your media to 'real media' at the micro level
5. Try to deconstruct yourself (this is hard!)
6. Chose clearly relevant micro examples to relate to macro reflective themes
7. Avoid binary oppositions
8. Try to write about your broader media culture (for example using YouTube)
9. Adopt metadiscourse
10. Quote, paraphrase, reference

Metadiscoure (using a word to summarise)
Powerphrase- summaring what someone else has said in your own words.