We could also compile a list of "exercises for writers," and publish it under the Lit-Ideas colophon (whatever that would be?) and cash in on the "encourage more MFAs" craze. Here are two: * Write a 500-word autobiography in dialogue. * Write a 500-word description of what Karl Marx would do in your bedroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html