Put Those Towels Back, or Writing and the Assumptive Open

Terry: [was talking privately over dinner with Tess until Terry finally shows up] I know everything that’s happening in my hotels. Danny: [sarcastically] So I should put the towels back? Terry: [while rubbing Tess’s hands] No, the towels you can keep. -From the film Ocean’s Eleven One of the great things about writing, as with …