I started work on this months ago, collecting excerpts from student writing over the past two years, diving into the scholarship, and even sketching out an outline.
I started drafting about three weeks ago. Wrote a heck of an opening paragraph.
And then it just sat there because I just didn't have the time to do any more. This wasn't a task I could knock out in 30 minute bursts. And I had to devote those 30 minute bursts to other tasks.
Today, though, because I have the time and because those "other tasks" are mostly done, it's time to write and I am hacking away at it.
It's going by quickly and I am delighted by that, though I know there are at least four more drafts between now and "done." But the grading is almost done--even all caught up for now, with the last batch coming in tomorrow--and I can do this.
It helps that this is a subject near and dear to my heart--and one that matters for our program's goals and assessment. Wading through over 100 portfolios in January made me realize, "Hmmm, we need something about reflection in the book. Guess I have to write it..."
(And yes, this post is a bit of a break from writing that chapter and yes, it's also a bit of metacognitive writing about metacognitive writing...so I better stop before I get carried away. Back to work...)
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