Giving & Taking
"Giving & Taking" is a set of skills that you might think about as player-to-player. It's all the ways in which you communicate, interact, support, and stay present with other improvisers. Skills related to Giving & Taking include landing sentences, emphasizing endowments, cutting scenes, trading offers, indicating intent and/or discomfort, observing impact, taking on the spotlight, offering support, trusting the story of the moment, and noticing trends over time. If we can reliably work together while improvising, then we can focus more of our energy on the story, while worrying less about each other.