With this, I am going a little into the technical details of scriptwriting. I will outline the way I do this, without expensive software! All you need is a simple text editor. Most operating systems have this included by default. You will have to learn the markdown language FOUNTAIN. This is very similiar to markdown, […]
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The Journal (3)
We are now going to set up our journal. Here I use techniques from the classic bullet journal, i.e. an index, future log, weekly log and daily log. In addition, there is the exercise journal, various book lists (or DVDs that need to be watched), reference lists for internet resources, and the so-called “think cards” […]
The Journal (2)
The first (and very important) task for using my system is to develop a kind of shorthand. Short symbols save you a lot of time later when noting down routines and magical ideas, as many terms, procedures and techniques in magic are the same again and again, so you don’t have to describe them anew […]
The Journal (1)
The following articles are about how to create a journal (or log book). A few magic friends have asked me, apparently the many blogs about the bullet journal and its techniques used weren’t enough for them to start their journal. But it is understandable, because in magic we have to deal with some more complex […]
A Riddle and Challenge
I tried an experiment on Facebook. I stated a riddle/challenge: And this is the bag I was talking about: I gave a couple of suggestions. Amazingly, within a few hours a lot of comments came together, and I want to share some of he results here. With all these suggestions, it shouldn’t be difficult to […]
Dan Fleshman Again!
This man continues to amaze me. Again, he gave me something truly useful for my work! After presenting his “Red Hot Momma” effect, which inspired me to my triple transposition and profiler card routines, now I have his turnaround swivel pass at my disposal. It is such a convincing and useful sleight. My head is […]
Two Tips For Card Handlers
In card magic, there are a lot of “unspoken” things, minor details rarely discussed. Often, magicians do not speak about them, because they just don’t know them. I give you two bits of advice that might help you. New Decks In the beginning, it’s tough to use brand new (or fresh, as some call it) […]
Lost Knowledge
Putting Together A Programme
One question that comes up again and again is how to put a programme together. There are enough tricks, but how do you choose the right ones and how do you put them in an effective order? Experienced magicians intuitively know how to arrange tricks correctly, i.e. how to put together a programme. The inexperienced […]
Floating Double Ascanio Way
For all the card freaks out there, a playful way of hiding the double card. Obviously, it is influenced by some of Ascanio’s “floating doubles”.
Scriptwriting (2)
1.2 The Archive “Writing never starts on a blank page.” This is so true, and any serious writer will agree on that. When you script a routine, you never really start from a blank page (and so you don’t have to fear the “writer’s block”). You build on whatever is in your archive: may that […]
Scriptwriting
Thoughts on how to create patter for magic routines. But then, patter doesn’t seem to be the right word for what we need in a magic routine, script would be the better word. Scripting in magic is an absolutely necessary thing to do. You cannot hope to develop a good magic routine without a proper […]