DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Muse" - REV. 02/20/96 - ACT TWO      26C.

24   CONTINUED:	(3)

					ONAYA
			Revalus used to say a writer 
			should put pen to paper as if he
			were a painter putting brush to 
			canvas. It's part of what he 
			called "visceral writing."

					JAKE
				(intrigued)
			What's that?

					ONAYA
			It's one of the techniques I told 
			you about.

					JAKE
			Can you teach it to me?

					ONAYA
				(indicating the table)
			That's why you're here, isn't it?

	Jake scoots up to it, takes a few sheets of paper, and 
	uncaps his pen. She kneels behind him, places her 
	hands on his shoulders with such an easy manner that he 
	hardly notices.

					ONAYA
			The opening line of your novel... 
			write it down.

	She watches as he does it...

					ONAYA
			Now...
				(simply)
			Keep going.

					JAKE
			What do you mean, keep going?

					ONAYA
			Write whatever comes to you... the 
			idea is to create a stream of 
			consciousness and see where it 
			takes you. You can edit later.

	She starts to massage his neck...

					ONAYA
			Just write the first thing that 
			comes to mind... I won't look...