Modified: September 13, 2024
improv
This page is from my personal notes, and has not been specifically reviewed for public consumption. It might be incomplete, wrong, outdated, or stupid. Caveat lector.things I learned in improv class
there's no need to try to be clever or funny. if you're present and responsive, trust that the interaction will become funny.
validation. not just yes, and. but yes, yay. celebrate everything someone says/does. even mistakes
giving gifts: anything you say is a gift, something for the conversation to work from.
brick by brick: it doesn't have to be much. and the smaller your contributions, the easier for the other person to stay engaged and on board.
jump in before you know what you'll do or say. trust that even if it's bad that's okay.
support: allow the desire to support your partners to outweigh any reticence to jump in
"you know": rather than ask questions ("what are we doing here?") or say tentative things ("I think this is a boat"), you know what's going on ("I'm so happy to be here with you on this boat to Japan"). give the gift of solidity.
really notice your partner. observe all their movements, mannerisms. comment on them. "you look", "you seem".
allow your character to feel an emotion and then react from that emotion