I have not yet read the book, but ordered it as it listed Octavia Butler as an author. Unfortunately, she is not one of the writers of science fiction in this book, though she does give advice on writing in her essay entitled Furor Scribendi, which can also be found in her book of short stories, Bloodchild. The most recent version of that book also contains commentary on each of her writings which is neat. For this book #9, I will list the contents. Those with * were known science fiction writers at the time and have written how-to-write articles for this compilation.
Intro- Dave Wolverton
Fire- Elizabeth Wein
An Afternoon with George- Steve Duff
Ghosts of the Fall- Sean Williams
*Story Vitality- L. Ron Hubbard
Borealis- DA Houdek
The Dictates- Vaughn Heppner
The Monitor- John Richard DeRose
Adjusting the Moon- Karawynn Long
The Witchin' Man- Douglas Jole
*Breaking Into Comics- Julius Schwartz
Memorease of Tommy- Pete Manison
Los Muertos- Lisa Smedman
Lady's Portrait, Executed in Archaic Colors- Charles Saplak
*No Excuses: Finding Time to Write- Kevin Anderson
Cinders of the Great War Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
Messages- Stoney Compton
M- Lisa Maxwell
*Furor Scribendi- Octavia Butler
A Child's Handful of the Moon- David Phalen
The Children China Made- Tom Drennan
Entropy, and the Strangler- Eric Flint

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