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Play a scene in which each offer you make is dictated by someone directing either “information,” “emotion,” or “action.”
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.
People are like icebergs. There’s often more that lies beneath the surface. When a scene feels flat, go beneath the surface and read more into it. Assume that something significant underlies what the other character has said or done, and respond to that. Even if there wasn’t an intended subtext, respond as though there were.
Two players play a scene while two observers say the subtext of what the characters are really thinking.
Play a scene while repeating a secret mantra inside your head. Here are some examples of mantras:
Two psychiatrists encountered each other while walking down the street. As they approached one another, one psychiatrist said to the other, “Good morning.” After they had passed, the second psychiatrist thought to himself, “I wonder what he meant by that?”