The Three Best Ways to Learn (or Improve) at Improv

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Someone asked in an improv forum how you should actually learn improv, whether that's doing scenes, watching other people, or reading and talking theory. I had a big enough answer that I rebooted the podcast to give it, and to add the one way a lot of people skip or don't think is "a thing" I guess.

I walk through how I'd rank the ways to learn improv, starting with the one that counts most by a lot, then the second thing that shapes your taste and your skills over time. After that I get into the most underused way to get better, I think, and probably the central idea of this whole show really.

If you're neurodivergent, this is also how you work out which standard improv notes fit your brain and which ones you can set aside, and that changed a lot for me.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Why doing improv beats every other way to learn it, and by how muchWhat to actually pay attention to when you watch better improvisersThe most underused way to get better, and why classes rarely mention itHow to study your own improv brain so it shows up in scenes without thinking, hell yeahWhich improv notes to keep and which ones to chuck out based on how your brain works

CHAPTERS:0:00 The forum question that kicked this off

1:50 Why actually doing improv beats everything else

2:21 What to watch for when you watch better improvisers

3:19 The most underused way to learn improv

4:27 What metacognition means for your improv brain

9:03 Two things to avoid when you look back at a scene

10:56 What you actually get from studying your own improv