thank you
J. Lee Graham, I do understand there is no shortcut. I like the method of trial and error because it is rewarding to learn from mistakes and see progress and more important , the lessons are not easily forgotten.
thanks
Prometheus, I will study your advice
Now I would like to encourage my fellow gentlemen fugue writers with a funny piece of music I have on one of my CD's (so please delete after listening to it)
its called "So you want to write a fugue" by Glenn Gould and its full of good and bad advice.
So you want to write a fugue - full 4mb.mp3
So you want to write a fugue - fragment650kb.mp3