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Rebecca says something like:

"Every time one of these Disney family movies comes out, it's always advertised as a 'fun-filled romp for the whole family.'"

I respond with something like:

"Or a rollicking adventure. Or a lively romp."

"Well, I guess you wouldn't want a stodgy romp," she says.

"Or a somber romp."

Except, maybe sometimes you do. Maybe there's something intensely appealing about playing seriously. Isn't that what a writer does? There are moments when craft dissolves under subtle epiphanies and deep emotions and the art of arranging words becomes for the writer a matter of life and death (or, more typically, fuzzy ecstasies and debilitating inconveniences). It's still a game, though no one is laughing. It's a somber romp.