Improv for Writers

JORJEANA MARIE: AN INTERVIEW

Improv is for everyone even if you don’t realize your doing it. People improv speeches, and everyday encounters. We are all actors at some points in our lives. As my day job I have to become the greatest pretender in certain times of the day to encourage and engage young people. Jorjeana Marie is an incredible storyteller and has done so much in her career. She’s an actress, teacher and now an author. Her first book "Improv for Writers” is a great guide for all people. Whether your a writer or not. She takes very common techniques from the improv world and applies it to writing.

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Who are you and what do you do? 

Oh my! I like to simplify by saying I’m a professional storyteller. It encompasses the variety pack of creativity I LOVE to keep myself active in. I am an author, an actress, a teacher. I narrate a lot of audiobooks. Over 300. And now, one from a book I wrote. That was a very surreal and magical experience...

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How did you come up with the idea to apply improv techniques to writing?  

While I was attending the San Diego Comic Con one year, I was asked by the non- profit group Scriptwriter’s Network to pitch them an idea of a panel for writers. Since my focus has been on teaching improv, the idea just sort of tumbled out-all improvised, actually. I had been working on a book (still am) about how the rules of improv are great rules for a well-lived life, you know? So, I knew how malleable and generous the art form is, so it came together like the most fun kind of improvised scene on stage - organically.