John Reiff's conceptual framework regarding conflicting views of peace provides insight into interpersonal communication which can be successfully applied to conflicts in writing conferences and has already been used at the Colorado College Writing Center. First, a tutor or writer using the "Peace through Strength" frame of reference might see interaction as a competition over authority, in which the goal is to finish the paper his or her way by forcing the other side to relent. In "Peace through Negotiation" the writer or tutor states the problem in terms of misunderstanding in which one side fails to see that both sides have the common interest of finishing the paper. The goal is to finish the paper by means of negotiation. "Peace through Social Change" assumes that the educational system is unfair and that it sets up people to lose. The solution is to make the parts of the system responsible to each other and more helpful. The final frame of reference for understanding conflicts in a writing conference is "Peace through Personal/Spiritual Change." Here the root of the problem is that the self-absorbed person is not taking responsibility for explaining himself or herself. The goal is to train the self-absorbed person in how to respect the other person and how to create mutual respect. (Two figures containing charts for conflicts in peace and writing application are included. Dialogues illustrating conflicts in writing conferences are also included.) (KEH)