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Tag Archives: Storytelling

Game Library: “Tag-Team Monologue”

A popular narrative short-form game for your collection.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Ensemble, Narrative, Storytelling, Tag-Team Monologue, Take, Trust, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Tag-Team Monologue”

Game Library: “Narrator”

If you’re looking for a stylistic twist for your short- or long-form work, Narrator might be just the device for you.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 21, 2022October 20, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Narrative, Narrator, Speaking Your Truth, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Narrator”

Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

Few scenes guarantee a more epic ending than “Famous Last Words.”

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 16, 2022September 14, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Famous Last Words, Heighten, Justification, Short-Form, Stakes, Storytelling, To Make Matters Worse, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

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”

Game Library: “Word Association Reincorporation Story”

Working in pairs, players create original stories based on randomly generated images.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Extending, Narrative, Reincorporation, Shelving, Storytelling, Third Thought, Word Association, Word Association Reincorporation StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word Association Reincorporation Story”

Game Library: “Pop-Up Story Book”

This game requires a little rolling around on the floor but, if you’re physically up for it, “Pop-Up Story Book” can unlock delightfully whimsical stories.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Freeze Frame, Justification, Narrative, Narrator, Physicality, Pop-Up Story Book, Slide Show, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Pop-Up Story Book”

“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: “Word at a Time Story”

This ImprovDr blog entry includes two approaches to this classic storytelling improv exercise.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 28, 2022March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Looking Backwards, Obvious, Reincorporation, Storytelling, Warm-up, Word at a Time, Word at a Time StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”

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

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 17, 2021March 18, 2022Posted 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”

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