Action comes right on the tail of discovery something which you may have suspected is suddenly confirmed.You must make discoveries or your scene will die.If you miss the events, nothing will happen. You must make discoveries or you’ll miss the events.Be attentive, alert, sensitive, aware of what’s happening in the scene.What is your partner saying or not saying.Discovery is the moment to moment action.

An opposite is an action that interferes with you getting what you are fighting for.Whatever is true in the scene, the opposite is also true.In life a fundamental truth about ourselves is that at some level we want something and at another level we don’t want it.An appreciation about the irony of life.It connects you with your partner, for example, to tease, to put at ease, to share a laugh with, to deflect pain.It’s a way of coping with the absurdities or sorrows of living.Remember, you are also carrying into the scene the personalized history you have made up for yourself, which are facts or inferences you’ve made from the script.Physicalizing the first action is recommended.Your Dream, plus your Fighting For focused into a first action seeking conflict.Some examples of actions: to berate, to infuriate, to surprise, to tease etc, etc. The best actions are physical, because they are undeniable. Your Fighting For is done in a variety of ways, which are called Actions.Īn Action is described as an undeniable communication that affects or changes your partner to get what you want.What is my dream and can I do to my partner so that this person can make my dream come true today ?.What is the problem with my partner and what can I do/ give to my partner to solve my problem in order to get my dream today?”.Important to Remember: “This is a play about me in a love relationship.The “I’m Okay, You’re Screwed Up” Approach. The problem in the relationship is always with other person.Ask the question: “If you loved me you would…”.Who is the other person in the scene in relation to me? Mother, daughter, son, lover, husband, etc.Find the love in the scene for example the presence of love, absence of love, betrayal of love etc.

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