Mamle discusses her work as a fiction writer and the embodiment of the writer's ideas and how this can lead to good character creation and development. She discusses using characters' actions to describe characters instead of their words, as well as the power of connecting with the spiritual aspects of a story.

Daniel discusses his work as a poet and how we can define poetry as a unique combination of structure and creativity. While encouraging the nonhomogeneity of poetry, he offers five suggestions for building good poetry.

Jonathan discusses his work as a fiction writer and how to use juxtaposition and causality to animate a narrative. He explores the complexities involved in creating a story and characters, and encourage us to embrace these complexities as we seek to gather ideas and develop plot.

Dana discusses her work as a poet and how we can craft a "protest" about an issue that we care about while keeping the reader engaged and open-minded. She explores how poetry is an act of writing and a task of listening to the poem and its concerns. She challenges us to reflect on ourselves and our own contribution to the social problems that we write about.

Carol discusses her work as a poet and strategies to explore sounds and words during writing. She also teaches us about the usefulness of linguistics in exploring sound patterns, as well as encouraging metaphor and association while reading poetry.

Carol discusses her work as a poet and some fundamental practices for a successful writing process. She explores the use of sound as a way to start writing a poem, and suggests different rhyme methods useful in creating a poem.

Margot discusses her work as a fiction writer and how to develop fascinating characters. She offers us a series of prompts, rules, and admonitions to follow as we create characters in our stories.

Margot discusses her work as a fiction writer and how to move plot forward by changes in structure or thinking more deeply about a character's inner life. She shares with us several ideas for how to move plot forward in interesting and engaging ways.

Margot discusses her work as a fiction writer and how to utilize both "flat" and "round" characters in our stories. She also discusses how to appropriately utilize our natural voice while writing, and also the importance of returning to our main characters to learn new things about them later in the story.

Margot discusses her work as a fiction writer and the difficulty and importance of writing dialogue in fiction. She discusses the variety in dialogue and how to utilize syntax and grammatical patterns to describe a character.

Stephen discusses his work as a fiction writer and how writers within different genres often have very different relationships with plot. He discusses the creation process and the importance of writing over thinking, aka "trusting the writing," and finally how to revise and finalize a plot.

Matthew discusses his work as a playwright and how to use questions and concerns about social injustice to inspire a story. He discusses the development of plot and character in theatre to inspire social change in a community.

Rebecca discusses her work as a writer and former theatre participant. She teaches how the theatre experience can be used to enhance our writing, including the difference between showing and telling, how to enrich our stories with character-focused background description, and maintaining a consistent narrative point of view. Finally, she discusses how to use research to inform story structure.

Dora discusses her work as a poet and accepting inconstancy and uncertainty in the craft of poetry. She presents poetry as a space where we should be free to break away from what is expected and the usefulness of the plurality of our words.

Teemu discusses his work as a poet and suggests two broad classifications of theories of inspiration in poetics. He comments on finding a balance between freedom and constraint in the writing process, and the different types of constraint we choose as writers.

Anthony discusses his work as a fiction writer and several tactics for the revision process. He considers how purposeful revision and retyping can help us re-enter the space of creation in fiction. He teaches about how revisions can help us enrich our stories via the smaller details. Finally, he discusses various tools and techniques to keep ourselves motivated and productive writers.

Shane discusses his work as a poet and the unification of thoughts and emotions in poetry. He explores the spontaneity of poetry and the process of generative distraction that allows the writer to express emotions in a new way.