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.

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.

Megan discusses her work as a playwright and how to craft and structure a new play. She discusses using the self to structure and expand a play, and also how finding voice in playwriting is different than writing a book or other mediums.

Boris discusses his work as a fiction writer and keeping the reader engaged. He speaks about the importance of plot in motivating the reader, strategically creating drama, and divulging information to the reader. Finally, he discusses how to prime our readers with detail about characters before writing important character and plot changes.

Galit discusses her work as a fiction writer and how we can build richness in our characters through their dialogue in the story. She encourages us to explore how to use story and verbs instead of adjectives to enrich our characters and plot, including the difference between showing and telling in a story.