Create a dialog between a grown man and an imaginary person.

Feeling lazy tonight. I really don't want to do this. I"d rather sit and do something mindless or read or think about tomorrow. But here I am. I'm showing up at the page.

Just couldn't face a word. Not sure I can face a dialog.

"You just have to go away and let me work."

"You? Work? When are you going to give this up? You have a wife. Kids. You spend enough of your time at work. Now you want to come home and play? And at somthing you're not even good at."

"I'm plenty good at it, and for your information, I don't watch TV. I don't go to ball games. I don't grab a drink with the boys. I come home. I help the kid with their homework and Sheila with the dishes. She's putting a jigsaw puzzle together. I can do this."

"You'd be better off putting a puzzle together."

"Oh, get off my back! It would drive me up a wall and you know it."

"Well this is driving me up a wall. There's got to be something else you can do with your free time instead of torturing me."

"You can just take yourself off to bed you know. Go find someone else to bother and leave me in peace. You might be surprised at what I can do if you'd just leave me alone for awhile."

"Okay, I'll shut up. You have ten minutes. Let's see what you put on the page."

"You can't just shut up. You have to GO AWAY! It's like having someone looking over your shoulder while you work. Nothing ever goes well under pressure."

"Ha, ha. You think I'm going to go?"

"Or I'm going to have to start giving you lessons in manners. Look, let's compromise. Can you go away--go help Sheila find edge pieces--and leave me alone completely, and then I'll let you come and tear my work to shreds."

"Oh, boy!"

"If--"

"There's always a catch!"

"If you'll speak to me like a colleague and not a student. I can stand you when you're trying to help and not just being critical."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"Oh, I can do that, no problem."

"You can? Then why haven't you done it before?"

"You haven't asked before."

"You mean all I have to do is ask?"

"You would be so surprised at what you can get me to do. You just have to deal with me instead of trying to ignore me or trying to make me go away. I'm here to stay, but we can figure out a working relationship."

"You're kidding me!"

"You get a little cranky when you're tired. I can see relapses when you should be sleeping or when you're jumping into a new arena. Sometimes you bring the tension on yourself, you know. It's not always me."

"I understand. But doing the same thing over and over gets boring."

"And taking risks opens you to failure. I hate failure."

"It's just a bump in the road. It's never killed you."

"Good point."

"So go do a puzzle, Dude. My time is getting short."

"Oh Sheila. Don't be stupid! It can't be that piece. Are you sure you can do puzzles? What about knitting?"