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.
Tag Archives: Storytelling
“N” is for “Narrative”
This entry articulates some helpful qualities for a strong improvised narrative or story.
Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”
This ImprovDr blog entry includes two approaches to this classic storytelling improv exercise.
Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”
This narrative exercise deploys the foundational storytelling techniques of advancing and extending.
“E” is for “Extending”
The last improv “E” is for “Extending,” the critical practice of imbuing our stories with specificity and, subsequently, interest.
A Peek Inside: ImprOvientation
“ImprOvientation” was developed as an original long-form to welcome new students to college. “Story Hot Spot” is an exercise that develops the personal story-telling skills that so deeply inform this semi-autobiographical style of performance.
Game Library: “Shared Story”
“Shared Story” is a deceptively simple narrative game that can help you really flex your story-telling muscles.
Game Library: “Perspectives”
I’ve found that most players really enjoy the central conceit of “Perspectives” that explores a given moment through the eyes of four different characters. And it’s a handy dandy tool for exploring callbacks too!
Game Library: “Fortunately/Unfortunately”
Fortunately this exercise can help your storytelling skills. Unfortunately this exercise can thwart your characters’ lives…
Game Library: “Four Sentence Story”
This new entry for the Game Library, “Four Sentence Story,” allows players to explore the building blocks of constructing a coherent narrative.
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