D. wrote: The idea that a writer could just WRITE was, and still > is, a revelation to many writers. To realize that he wrote the majority of > "On the Road" in just three weeks time (after living out most of the > adventures in the novel) is an astounding thought. You mean writers can write????? Really? Damn all that stuff about writing is rewriting what you've already rewritten. Mediocrity abounds! Hah! I don't really mean that, of course. Different strokes for different folks as gary coleman used to say. Brian