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There are a multitude of ways to respond to an offer. Here’s an overview of some of the most common.

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Play a scene in which you either amplify or build on each offer that the other player makes.

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Play a scene in which each offer you make is dictated by someone directing either “information,” “emotion,” or “action.”

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A scene is played in which Player B periodically dictates how much Player A should resist by holding up one to three fingers. One finger is a speed bump, two fingers is a pushback, and three fingers is full conflict.

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Play a scene in which you respond to each offer that the spect makes by establishing credit or blame, being emotionally changed, or treating it as though there is an ulterior motive behind the offer.

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paying attention to more than just words

Words are key to communication. So is the information that comes in other forms. It may be a tone of voice, a facial expression, body language, something implied, or something inferred. Deep listening absorbs all this information.

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Take different emotional hits off a series of random offers. If practicing alone, use an online random sentence generator to create the initial offer.

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Spects are your co-creators. You want them making offers. When they do, the way you respond depends on how they’re playing. Here are some good rules of thumb.

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Player A makes an offer. Player B responds with a strange or unexpected offer. Player A responds truthfully to Player B’s offer. Repeat.

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Treat Twitter tweets as though they were things said to you in a scene. Use the Gimme Getter to call up a random way to respond (e.g., follow, build, amplify, etc.). Keep repeating the process, getting new ways to respond and new tweets.

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