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Tag Archives: Urgency

Game Library: “Half Life”

Sometimes a scene can really benefit from being cut in half… and then half again…

Posted byimprovdrApril 29, 2024September 20, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Half Life, Physicality, Replay, Short-Form, Stakes, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Half Life”

Game Library: “Starting in the Middle”

…in the middle of this description.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 3, 2023July 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Long-Form, Short-Form, Starting in the Middle, Starting Scenes, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Starting in the Middle”

“U” is for “Urgency”

You urgently need to read this post if your scenes routinely lack any sense of dynamism.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 27, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Drama, Energy, Long-Form, Rug Pull, Short-Form, Stakes, Talking Heads, Time, U is for, UrgencyLeave a comment on “U” is for “Urgency”

Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

Escalating Scene offers an improv embodiment of the butterfly effect where one small inconsequential action ultimately causes havoc.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 18, 2022July 2, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Curve of Absurdity, Escalating Scene, Justification, Stakes, Story, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

“S” is for “Stakes”

Raising the “stakes” in your work typically raises the energy, attack, and momentum as well.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 14, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Comedy, Commitment, Drama, Long-Form, Objective, Passion, Raise the Stakes, S is for, Short-Form, Stakes, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on “S” is for “Stakes”

Game Library: “Raise the Stakes”

“Raise the Stakes” is a helpful exercise to explore supporting a protagonist on their journey…

Posted byimprovdrJuly 3, 2020January 14, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Performance StrategiesTags:Exercises, Heighten, Protagonist, Raise the Stakes, Shining, Stakes, Top Reads, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Raise the Stakes”
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