A process approach to creative writing, emphasizing open-ended exploratory writing through carefully focused exercises and journal-writing activities. Focuses on writing poems, stories, and essays, with samples by professionals and students that illustrate techniques.

Preface
Introduction

Part I. Discovering Material

Envisioning the Process
Working with Words
Coming to Our Senses
Remembering
Dreaming Awake

Part II. Exploring Technique

Focusing Tension
Showing versus Telling
Making Connections
Choosing a Point of View

Part III. Developing Form

Shaping
The Poem
The Story
The Essay