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Tag Archives: Advancing

Game Library: “Chapters”

“Chapters” mixes up the order of the dramatic action in a dynamic and challenging way.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 26, 2022August 24, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Advancing, Caller, Chapters, Justification, Shelving, Storytelling, StructureLeave a comment on Game Library: “Chapters”

“P” is for “Postponing”

Do your scenes tend to finish before they’ve even begun? This might indicate the improv blight of postponing.

Posted byimprovdrMay 30, 2022April 15, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Action, Advancing, Advice, Commitment, P is for, Postponing, Starting Scenes, Telling, Waffling, WimpingLeave a comment on “P” is for “Postponing”

“O” is for “Offer”

In search of richer improv building blocks? Here are some ways to craft and inspire your offers…

Posted byimprovdrApril 4, 2022March 5, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Emotion, Extending, ImprovDr, Improvisation, Long-Form, O is for, Offer, Physicality, Presentational, Representational, Short-Form, Small Steps, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on “O” is for “Offer”

“N” is for “Narrative”

This entry articulates some helpful qualities for a strong improvised narrative or story.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 14, 2022October 22, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Audience, Confidence, Connections, Consistency, Consistent Inconsistency, Content, Details, Extending, Material, N is for, Narrative, Perspective, Point of View, Specificity, Storytelling, StructureLeave a comment on “N” is for “Narrative”

Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”

This narrative exercise deploys the foundational storytelling techniques of advancing and extending.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 17, 2021May 28, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Advance/Extend Stories, Advancing, Extending, Narrative, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”

“E” is for “Extending”

The last improv “E” is for “Extending,” the critical practice of imbuing our stories with specificity and, subsequently, interest.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 13, 2021October 22, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Details, E is for, Expanding, Extending, Narrative, Specificity, StorytellingLeave a comment on “E” is for “Extending”

“C” is for “Chapter Two”

If your improv stories and scenes have a tendency to stumble forward inelegantly you might be suffering from a case of “Chapter Two”-ing.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 22, 2021August 23, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, C is for, Chapter Two, Small Steps, Story TellingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Chapter Two”

Game Library: “Because”

If you’re looking for an improv exercise to help with your story construction, then you might want to explore this one just “Because…”

Posted byimprovdrOctober 16, 2020March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Advancing, Because, Exercises, Storytelling, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Because”

“A” is for “Advancing”

“A” is for “Advancing” explores ways to develop and build the action in your scenes.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 12, 2020August 23, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:A is for, Advancing, Extending, Inherent, Narrative, StoryLeave a comment on “A” is for “Advancing”
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