Where Does Creative Writing Cross The Danger Line?

“Two years ago, school officials in Grand Marais, Minn., were on the defensive for suspending, and calling the police about, a student who had written a violent fantasy about killing a teacher. The student, David Riehm, ended up in a locked psychiatric unit for three nights. Then his family sued. … But in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, school officials say they’re more certain than ever that they did the right thing.”