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going along with the intention of an offer

When you follow an offer, you go along with the idea behind it.

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Two players play a scene. Player A plays on impulses. Player B follows all of Player A’s offers.

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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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There’s nothing wrong with questions. They’re valuable in many ways. However, if you resort to questions because it’s hard to make statements, that’s a problem. You need the ability to make offers as statements because it’s a clear way to establish context. Here are some ways to turn questions into statements before you speak.

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making an offer without external support or prompting

When you initiate, you give the spect something to respond to. This helps at the beginning of a story, when spects are more comfortable responding than initiating.

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to go along with a player’s intention behind an offer when it’s contrary to the character’s intention

There are two intentions behind every offer: The intention of the character, and the intention of the inter-actor playing the character. These two intentions are not always the same.

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Players stand in a circle. One player says a word and points to someone. That player says a word related to the prior word, and points to someone else. The pattern continues, with players saying words related to the word spoken immediately before.

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If you’re stuck for what to say, declare something. Say how you feel. Make an observation about a character, the location, or what’s going on. Let it be simple. State the obvious. When you make a declaration, you establish a detail while avoiding a question.

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