Will Hines' "Accept Offers"
Can a blog post change your improv life? Yes. Will Hines' blogs on making and accepting offers will change the way you improv. I seriously read this stuff and started improvising better immediately.
The gist is to think of every line from your partner as an offer being made. As the second liner, you're listening for the offer and accepting it. This provides some much needed agreement right up top... not of just your who/what/where, but of the direction of the scene: what kind of scene is it, what's unusual, just... everything. And in return, you make offers of your own. Make and accept offers! Read it! Let it change you! Thanks Will Hines!
Accepting offers
Overview / Speak to the Topic Offered
Accusations / Complaints
Here's What's Funny
After an Opening
Agreement Before Reality
Do It Casually, Easily
When You're Not Expecting It
Don't Break Game
When it's Refused
Conclusion