Whenever a student complains that he or she is being asked to write too much, I'll be tempted now say, "Consider the Speranza of the species, who composeth the screed as the wolf falls upon the fold, instinctively and with what appears (deceptively no doubt) to be ease." Surely there's money to be made marketing an antidote to writer's block? David Ritchie, breaking Spring in Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html