Intended for anyone who wants to write prose, poetry or drama, for pleasure or profit, this pack contains many practical exercises, supported by interviews with leading writers and extracts from their work. They include Keith Waterhouse, Sue Townsend, Harry Bowling, P.D. James, Meera Syal and Lynda Lee Potter, as well as creative-writing tutors, agents and publishers. Among the topics covered are getting started, the writing process, the writer at work, different kinds of writing, thinking about publication, and submitting a manuscript.