Bibliography: fMRIs of improvisation
Occasionally I go on a big research kick and spend way too long opening tabs on my computer and trying to figure out the significance of...
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Dec 31, 20232 min read
Definitions: Comedic, narrative and grounded
As part of my thinking about process and the choices we make in the moment, I remembered some comment someone made on a fbook group post...
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What's in the Moment: Different strains of improv
Oh no here’s the result of me trying to answer a question on a fbook group when I should have been doing other things. The original...
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What's in a Name?
Occasionally I actually open facebook and head to Improv Discussion and Resources to attempt to contribute to the community. Lol...
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Discovery vs. Invention
Another attempt to explore the ontology of improvisation in a storytelling context. Thanks Conrad (only 30% sarcastic thanks). You’re...
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Dec 31, 20232 min read
What is a Platform?
Your scene has started and you’re in the moment reacting to your partner and following the fun. Then some part of your brain starts to...
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Summer
Dec 30, 20231 min read
Bibliography: Shared flow
Occasionally I go on a big research kick and spend way too long opening tabs on my computer and trying to figure out the significance of...
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Acting: Safety tips from LARP
We never know what's going to happen in an improv scene, and it could be it takes you places that are uncomfortable, but you don't want...
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Acting: A quick guide to different schools
In my series on character creation, I focused on making choices to create the character but not specifically on acting techniques and...
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Format: The Butterfly Effect
Not entirely sure why I decided to make up a long-form format, it’s definitely not the most lucrative way to spend your time. But I did....
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Some Alternatives to Don'ts
Life often tells us what we shouldn't do...so of course in improv we're also going to fall into that pattern of looking for rules to tell...
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Character Creation Part 6: Switch Change
So back in the intro post I said we would forget about the other definitions of character for the moment. This is when I’m bringing them...
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Character Creation Part 5: Status
This part of character creation is on the very specific aspect of status, click on for more general posts on physicality and objective....
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Character Creation Part 4: Endowments
This part of character creation focuses on what other players do. See other posts for definition, physicality, traits and objective. Now...
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Dec 29, 20232 min read
Character Creation Part 3: Objective
This post focuses on what the player does to create their character’s inner life based on objective, see here for the intro, and posts on...
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Character Creation Part 2: Traits
This post focuses on what the player does to create their character’s traits, see here for the posts on definition, physicality,...
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Dec 29, 20232 min read
Character Creation Part 1: Physicality
This post focuses on what the player does to create their own character from the outside in, see other posts for character definition,...
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Dec 29, 20232 min read
What is a Character?
Time for the second topic for Summerizing Improv. Shout out to Conrad for making me think about the ontology of what we do so much. In...
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Dec 29, 20222 min read
Saying Yes Part 3: Yourself
The is the third in a three-part series. Click on the links for the first and second parts. Message 3: Say yes to yourself. This message...
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Dec 29, 20223 min read
Saying Yes Part 2: The Characters
You’ve clicked through to the second part of this dive. Thanks! If you missed part one, it's here. Message 2: Avoid superficial conflict....
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