1. Object writing : the art of the diver
2. Rusty's collar : a lesson in showing and telling
4. Learning to say no : building worksheets
5. Clichés : the sleeping puppy (a case study)
7. Verse development and power positions
8. Travelogues : verse continuity
9. Stripping your repetition for repainting
11. Point of view : second person and the hangman
12. Point of view : second person as narrative
13. Dialogue and point of view
14. Meter : something in common
15. Spotlighting with common meter
18. Prosody : structure as film score
20. Form follows function : building the perfect beast
21. The great balancing act : courting danger on the high wire
22. Song forms : (im) potent packages
23. Song forms : (im) potent packages II
Appendix. Co-writing : the "no"-free zone
