This anthology presents materials associated with the five-week summer session of the South Mississippi Writing Project, 1986. The anthology begins with a position statement on teaching writing, and curriculum vitae of staff and teacher consultants followed by lists of group and committee members and a calendar of events in the session. Summaries of 17 presentations (on such topics as writing persuasive brochures, prewriting, letter writing, humor, peer evaluation, comparison and contrast, journalism, tall tales, cohesion and revision, author's point of view, and prewriting techniques) and samples of participants' writing form the major part of the anthology. (RS)