Capsule Review: DS9 1.03 "Past Prologue"

One-line summary: A suspicious tailor joins Dr. Bashir for lunch. It's all downhill from there.

( Synopsis )

( Can I nickname this episode Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? )

That trust, a calculated, mature trust with eyes wide open to the ramifications and consequences, is both the force that makes friends for the Federation and sometimes makes it vulnerable to its enemies. It's the balance the Federation's peoples have struck in a perilous universe and it paid off in this episode, and in the form of Deep Space Nine, a place where friends and enemies from across the worlds are brought together for stories in infinite and enjoyable combinations.

Writing Exercise: Ten Lines of Argument Between Two People in Love

This is something I've wanted to try for a while. It's a dialogue exercise from the book Stein on Writing by Sol Stein, and it goes like this:

Write ten lines of dialogue which is an argument between two people. It must be a genuine argument, but it must also be clear that they are in love. No descriptions or direction, just dialogue.

In the book Stein presented a couple of examples that he disqualified, one because the argument was not genuine (it was clearly just banter between lovers) and the other because the argument was so bitter that it was clear the participants despised each other. It's a fine line to tread.

So not only do I want to try this, I'd love to see what you come up with. If you want to participate--and don't be shy if we haven't talked regularly, this is open to everyone including perfect strangers--do this exercise either in a comment or by linking your entry in your comment. I'll give you feedback, and others might do the same.

Also, to minimize mutual influence don't read the other entries until you've done your own, assuming you're interested in participating. Spoiler-tag your own entry to facilitate the no-peeking rule, which for LJ is (lj-spoiler title="go away, peeping monkeys!")your text here(/lj-spoiler) with pointy brackets instead of round. On DW and other platforms do whatever is equivalent, such as a text cut.

Here's my entry:

( Hey! No peeking if you haven't done yours yet. )