This article proposes a holistic program of meta-writing, its methodology being comprised of five components: cognitive, meta-cognitive, affective, emotional, social; it also examines textual competence, its theoretical background lying in the contributions of Van Dijk, Diaz, Flower & Hayes, etc. The method was one of action-participation. It was realized through three phases. 1. Diagnosis: The level of performance, in relation to each student's textual competence, was evaluated, 2. Design: The cycles, characteristic of this method, were used to develop the program and 3. The changes produced at the most fundamental level, were identified. The results showed that the methodology implemented, helped students to liberate repressed thoughts and feelings, to create new ideas and/or worlds, to feel that they were alive and that someone could hear them through the their self-expression in writing. Likewise, they had an increased text competence level when performing the writing exercises, resulting from the use of Meta-cognition.
Meta-cognition; Holistic Model; Meta-writing
