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Improv Do's and Don'ts
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Always saying 'yes' to your partner's suggestions
Do
Denying or blocking the ideas presented by others
Don't
Trying to be funny or force a joke
Don't
Listening actively to your fellow performers
Do
Planning too much in advance
Don't
Making bold choices for your character
Do
Constantly taking the spotlight
Don't
Supporting your fellow performers
Do
Using open-ended questions
Don't
Establishing the 'who', 'what', and 'where' early in the scene
Do
Focusing solely on the comedy element
Don't
Embracing mistakes as part of the scene
Do
Steering scenes to fit your own agenda
Don't
Allowing yourself to be changed by what happens in the scene
Do
Asking too many questions in a scene
Don't
Endowing your scene partners with interesting traits or gifts
Do
Introducing too many new ideas or plot twists
Don't
Creating a rich backstory for your character
Do
Ignoring the basic rules of the reality you have created
Don't
Cooperating with others to forward the scene
Do
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