You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching.
In improv, in writing, in life… a reminder to myself.
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Happy birthday, SmokeLong!
SmokeLong Quarterly is nine years old today! Woo! Go celebrate by reading the latest issue.
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(Re)Tweets While Drinking Scotch And Reading Submissions
I can’t speak for every editor, but here are some tweets I made over the course of three nights drinking scotch and reading submissions. Most of these are of the “Do NOT” variety, but a few, at least, are of the “Yes, please” variety.
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Occupy your space.
Taking charge from the outset sets an energy that everyone else can feed on. It makes for an environment in which people spend more time playing and less time discussing how to play.
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SmokeLong Quarterly Issue 33
Just finished pushing the last bits of this issue live (after Tara Laskowski, Beth Thomas, and the staff did all the heavy lifting). It’s a beauty. Please go read! cover art “Sparta, NJ” by David Ohlerking Issue Thirty-Three (October 2, 2011): Egg Toss, August 1989 by Meagan Cass «» Dinner Parties Where Place Cards Leave
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If you don’t have fun…
You’re the asshole. Susan Messing’s quote is one I have to keep bringing back to the forefront of my mind as I grapple with the ways in which I want to improve in my improv. While focusing so intently on what I want to make better, the work can often start to feel like work
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10,000 hours?!
When I started doing improv again in 2009, I said “yes” to everything: every open play time, any class, any performance (although those didn’t come right away). I continued to say “yes” to every invitation for two years, especially to improv performances, regardless of whether I thought it would be a good show or not.
The inspiration of festivals (Part 3)
On to Day 2, and hopefully wrapping this whole thing up. Got to the theater a couple minutes late again on Saturday, this time with costume pile left in the car (still in the car, actually; I need to clean it out before picking up my kids tonight). Directors are drawing, and I hear John
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The inspiration of festivals (Part 2)
Okay, onto the festival itself. Whew. It’s hard to imagine how 14/48 could have done more to have targeted my own personal desires better. Thursday night, 7:30, the participants gathered to drink, hear the rules, how things work, and select a theme. My theme, “Fenced In,” was the one randomly selected. (If any of the
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