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Tag Archives: Storytelling
Game Library: “Chapters”
“Chapters” mixes up the order of the dramatic action in a dynamic and challenging way.
Game Library: “Word Association Reincorporation Story”
Working in pairs, players create original stories based on randomly generated images.
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.
“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.