Practiced saying "no" with someone who I default to "yes, and..." with. ("Yes, and..." is great for a comedy improv partner, but maybe not so great as a default for someone who might want impossible things on occasion.)
Ergo, the game.
It goes a little like this:
Partner A thinks up a request that Partner B will (have to) say no to, and not just because that is the rule of the improv scene. Partner A makes the request. Partner B gives their honest response to the request, if safe to do so. (If necessary, follow with a stoplight status check-in, particularly if it was a stressful exchange.) As long as the answer is still "no", Partner A keeps making the requests. If the answer approaches "yes" or "maybe", switch.
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Date: 2016-09-22 09:10 am (UTC)Practiced saying "no" with someone who I default to "yes, and..." with. ("Yes, and..." is great for a comedy improv partner, but maybe not so great as a default for someone who might want impossible things on occasion.)
Ergo, the game.
It goes a little like this:
Partner A thinks up a request that
Partner B will (have to) say no to, and not just because that is the rule of the improv scene.
Partner A makes the request.
Partner B gives their honest response to the request, if safe to do so.
(If necessary, follow with a stoplight status check-in, particularly if it was a stressful exchange.)
As long as the answer is still "no", Partner A keeps making the requests. If the answer approaches "yes" or "maybe", switch.