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We often think about the tool of reflection in writing as a mode of thought or tone of voice we employ when we ruminate, meditate, contemplate, or explain\u2014in short, when we provide what Phillip Gerard calls \u201cfinished thought.\u201d But we might also think about reflection as a turning, as a sometimes distorting, but transformational power. In this talk, we\u2019ll look briefly at four qualities of reflection that might encourage artistic transformation in our writing and try some short exercises that will give you some practical tools to \u201cthink\u201d about yourself differently on the page.