The Operation Homecoming Guide for Writers is a new resource for troops and veterans who are participating in the current phase of Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. The guide features selections from the Operation Homecoming anthology paired thematically with writings by veterans of past conflicts. The guide also offers writing exercises and essays on the elements of literature – such as narrative structure, dialogue, and perspective – to help troops and veterans begin writing or refine their stories. NEA 2008. 48 pp.