The art of conversation (I): S&Q

The core of David's verbal technique is Screening and Qualifying (S&Q). Screening is basically seeing if someone meets your standards, and Qualifying is rewarding them for meeting your standards. He has written an excellent article on it here: http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2008/03/believability-the-key-to-elite-game/, so I won't touch so much on the actual S&Q sequence.

Instead, I would like to share some of the conversion threads to help along the process of screening.
Bascially, if you are having trouble elicting conversation from a girl, she's giving you one word answers, or you just want to keep the conversation flowing, you can try one of the following 3 screens:

1. Where you don't know what she's talking about. "Tell me about it"
2. Where you want to find out what she likes about whatever she just told you. "What do you like about X?" (This is great for investment as well)
3. Open-ended/Multiple threading. "What's your best experience with X?"

Here's an example:

Me: You look like a musical person
She: Yes
Me: What do you play?
She: Chinese Drum
Me: 1. (if you don't know what a Chinese Drum is) Tell me about it
       2. (if you want her to invest & find out more) What do you like about playing the Chinese drum?
       3. (Open-ended) What's your best experience playing the Chinese Drum?

Whatever she says after, you can qualify her with whatever you want. "That's so cool!", "I like that about you", "You're so gifted" etc.

The above sequences have worked for most conversations that I've had. If you can think of scenarios where it won't apply, let me know:)

Cheers,
Echelon

Singapore Dating Academy: AURA