This Is Your Brain on Improv

To Get Out of Your Own Head, Think Like an Improv Actor
How to use the rules of improvisational comedy to be more open and creative
Herbert Lui
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4 min read·
Oct 22, 2019
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Photo: Rahul Piljen / EyeEm / Getty ImagesEarlier this month, at a CNN town hall focused on LGBTQ rights, Elizabeth Warren was asked how she would respond to someone who says their faith teaches them that marriage is between one man and one woman.
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Written by Herbert Lui
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·Writer for Forge
Covering the psychology of creative work for content creators, professionals, hobbyists, and independents. Author of Creative Doing: https://www.holloway.com/cd
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