A writing exchange project at Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Vermont, funded by Apple Education Foundation and McDonnell Douglas, examined what happened when high school students use word processors and a modem to write to distant audiences. In the first exchange, students interviewed each other in pairs and wrote short biographies of the person they interviewed. In the second exchange, students worked in small groups to describe their school and community. Writing to a distant audience motivated students to pay more attention to what they wrote as well as how they said it. Students exchanging writing with outside, interested readers broaden the context in which they write, learn about life outside their own communities, and reflect on themselves. (MS)