"Formative" is a 2020 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the April 2020 issue release of the literary magazine "Down in the Dirt" ( Since 2014 "Down in the Dirt" magazine is released every other month (and sometimes with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1554-9623 and Internet ISSN# 1554-9666), but also an ISBN#. Because of ISBN# releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book as well as the cover design. Writers and artists included in this Scars Publications perfect-bound 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book include Abby-Hope Jihye Park, Amber Descy, Anabel Varghese, Annette Gagliardi, Anthony Watkins, Ariadne Wolf, ayaz daryl nielsen, Bonnie E. Carlson, Brian Rihlmann, Clark Zlotchew, Danielle Hark, Delvon T. Mattingly, Donna Dallas, Doug Hawley, Ellie Rose McKee, Inguna Broze, Isabel Alzate, James Bates, james kenneth blaylock, Janet Kuypers, John Daugherty, John F. McMullen, John Tuttle, Jon Carter, Karen Howard, Kirsty A. Niven, Layla Lenhardt, Lola Stansbury-Jones, Lyle Estill, Mahala Spillers, Marilee Pritchard, Mark Young, Matej Purg, Mike Schneider, Milenko Zupanovic, Munzie, Niles Reddick, Patricia Tramble, Pawel Markiewicz, Roopa Raveendran Menon, Samuel Swauger, Sarah Lauren Sarah Crump, Scott Waters, Sterling Warner, Susan N Aassahde, Susie Gharib, Tapeshwar Amef, Travis Green, Yasmin Hemmat, Carolyn Poindexter, Daniel de Culla, Denny E. Marshall, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eleanor Leone Bennett, Fabrice Poussin, J. Ray Paradis, Kyle Hemmings, Olivier Schopfer, and Rene Diedrich.