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Before writing a vignette, perform in a few. Playing with spects strengthens your ability to write for them. You can get started with 50 Interactive Vignettes, a collection of open-source scenarios available for download at interactiveplaylab.com/101-extras.
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a narrative element that must be true for a scenario to work
When playing a scenario, there are narrative elements that need to be true for the story to work. These are locked elements.
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incorporating a story element into the established scenario
There are times when you need to incorporate a story element with the moment at hand. It could be anything—an offer from the spect, a critical plot point, an important line of dialogue. Whatever the case, when you connect a story element with whatever is going on, that’s merging.
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an open-structure script for improvised performance
A scenario is like a set of monkey bars. It gives you something solid to hang onto while allowing room to play in the spaces between. Everything from a single-scene vignette to a multi-scene SimuLife uses a scenario as a script.
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