Right at the moment a magician friend needs some help putting together a new show for next year. The trouble is to get the whole thing started. Sometimes it is good to have at least a tiny structure in the beginning. Here is that wee structure …
Today being the 3rd Advent, this reminds me of a very useful technique I’ver been using for years to create magic programs/acts. It resembles a sort of rough skeleton. All you need is three sheets of paper, a pen and a couple of Post-its.
Label the paper sheets with “Opening”, “Middle” and “Finale”, which gives you three rough sections of the “act”. Then on each one, put three Post-its, each one for one trick/routine. Besides the yellow stickers you will have some space for ideas, notes, etc.
Now write down you favorite tricks and routines, gags, whatever you think will be in the show. Nice thing is you can quickly change the tricks by just moving the post-its around.
This is (for me) the best and most efficient method to get a show from the desert of my mind into the real world. It gets results from which to work on in no time. It is quick, easy and efficient. Give it a three-minute-try!