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focus on how the activity impacts the relationship with the spect

When scenes have no dramatic juice, it’s sometimes because the activity has no impact on the relationship. Focus on what’s at stake between you and the other character. It doesn’t have to be conflict; it can also be something positive. Let the activity you’re engaged in affect the relationship between the characters.

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Player A secretly selects one of the following elements to endow Player B with:

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the spect’s successful achievement of a goal

Stories are full of struggles to achieve goals—from small goals, to scene goals, to the overarching story goal. Some goals are won; others are lost. Overall, spects should win more than they lose. It builds their confidence and keeps the story moving forward.

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