Includes Appendices and Index.

Part one: The writer in his world: 1: Yourself. - 2: English and what has happened to it. - 3: Communication and feedback. - 4: The way you should be going. --- Part two: The practice of writing: 5: Achieving the basic objects. - 6: The invisible reader. - 7: Logic before rules. - 8: The cutting edges of prose. - 9: Towards mastery. --- Part three: Writing as a vocation: 10: The anatomy of compulsion. - 11: Novels. - 12: Short stories. - 13: Plays. - 14: Poetry. - 15: Non-fiction. --- Part four: Writing in prescribed patterns. A definition of terms: 16: Journalistic writing. - 17: Radio. - 18: Television. - 19: Report writing. --- Part five: Counsel in parting: 20: The birth of a book.