Comments on: Storyjamming: Warming up and Working with Energy http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/ Revitalizing Riddles, Mythic Story, Family, Village and Land. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: The Myth Weavers » Blog Archive » “Howl of the People,” Season 1, Episode 3 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24525 The Myth Weavers » Blog Archive » “Howl of the People,” Season 1, Episode 3 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:46:49 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24525 [...] Storyjamming: Warming Up & Working with Energy, and part 2, both by Willem on the College of Mythic Cartography    The Myth Weavers, episode 8 [1:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download [...] […] Storyjamming: Warming Up & Working with Energy, and part 2, both by Willem on the College of Mythic Cartography    The Myth Weavers, episode 8 [1:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download […]

]]> By: The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » An Adult Community of Rewilding: the Accord http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24470 The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » An Adult Community of Rewilding: the Accord Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:44:19 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24470 [...] believe, that just as we can work with community energy by changing the games we play, just as we can choose our culture depending on the kind of [...] […] believe, that just as we can work with community energy by changing the games we play, just as we can choose our culture depending on the kind of […]

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24457 Willem Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:49:39 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24457 Absolutely! Play improv games, every time, all the time, to warm up for storyjamming, and maybe even just for their own benefit, as a maintenance activity. They take little or no prep (once you get the knack for running them) and can expand or shrink to fill any time slot. When I play them, I see them massive amounts of trust, unity, and presence in the moment. I don't want average play sessions anymore; I've skimped on running them quite often, and I wrote this article partially as a note to myself to start taking a stand and running these games more consistently. I think we too easily think of the story game itself as a tool for warming up, but in my experience, that only works with really skilled players. And even skilled players can benefit from drilling the basics. Absolutely! Play improv games, every time, all the time, to warm up for storyjamming, and maybe even just for their own benefit, as a maintenance activity. They take little or no prep (once you get the knack for running them) and can expand or shrink to fill any time slot.

When I play them, I see them massive amounts of trust, unity, and presence in the moment. I don’t want average play sessions anymore; I’ve skimped on running them quite often, and I wrote this article partially as a note to myself to start taking a stand and running these games more consistently.

I think we too easily think of the story game itself as a tool for warming up, but in my experience, that only works with really skilled players. And even skilled players can benefit from drilling the basics.

]]> By: Matthijs http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24456 Matthijs Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:40:25 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/10/storyjamming-warming-up-and-working-with-energy/#comment-24456 So you're saying we should constantly drill the basics, meaning: play improv/intuition games? And it seems you're hinting that one way of drilling them is to incorporate such games at the start of every session, as you do when warming up a group. That's pretty good advice, sounds like. I might try that with my group next time. So you’re saying we should constantly drill the basics, meaning: play improv/intuition games? And it seems you’re hinting that one way of drilling them is to incorporate such games at the start of every session, as you do when warming up a group.

That’s pretty good advice, sounds like. I might try that with my group next time.

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