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Hello, Substack, it's Jen.
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I didn't think I'd be using this site, but here I am, because I saw that they had a podcast feature, and I thought that is a lot easier than potentially type in words out, which I do a lot of in other places and not something I wanted to do here.
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So I'm going to try this out and see how well it functions basically.
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And if it functions well, maybe I'll use it for more.
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So my intent is to speak about Improv, of course, because this will be going out with my Improv newsletter at flatimprov.com.
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So it makes sense that it's about Improv.
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But I've been thinking for a while, you know, what can I talk about a lot?
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I love to monologue, I love to talk, and this seems like a way to do it more.
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Great.
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But what the hell am I going to talk about?
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Well, I was thinking about talking.
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I was thinking about talking for one, but I was also thinking about talking about neurodivergence and improv.
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I have a neurodivergent brain, it's the way I'm wired, and it affects my improv a lot.
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As a student, it affects the way that I approach teaching.
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Not that I've done a lot of it, but it has affected that as well.
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How can it not?
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It's the way I'm wired.
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And of course, it also affects scene work a lot.
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And this thing, neurodivergence, is obviously something that can be a challenge.
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You can take advantage of it.
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And I want to talk about those various topics.
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So I've made a list.
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I like to do lists.
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And some of the things that I anticipate talking about is how I create characters.
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I create them in a highly visual way that uses something called hyperfantasia.
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I use it in other parts of improv scenes.
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I'm trying to manipulate it.
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So I'm going to talk about that a little bit.
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I'm going to talk about, you know, how I don't create characters as well, because a lot of the common ways that it's instructed, presumably, of course, those people use those ways, doesn't work for me.
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So I also want to talk about things that don't work for me.
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And what do I do instead?
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I want to talk about auditory processing.
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That, of course, affects the way that you learn improv, especially.
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It affects the way that you hear notes, how you ask questions, how you're instructed.
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I want to talk about alexithymia.
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That's a big one for a lot of us who have that, because it affects how you do emotions in scenes.
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And it affects how you're taught to do emotions and scenes as well.
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And that's something I actually learned that I had through Improv, because I was blurted out the way I did a thing.
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And I was like, well, that was weird.
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I just kind of learnt how I did it when I blurted it out on the spot.
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And later on, I came across the idea of that.
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Again, it was a word I knew, and I never really thought I had it until Improv kind of highlighted, oh, by the way, you do have that thing after all.
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I'm going to talk about grounded voice of reason as well, because that, I think, is maybe the first thing where I really hit my neurodivergent brain the most and the hardest.
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And I don't even know if I have good workarounds yet, but I want to talk about grounded being grounded and being yourself in a scene when you've masked your entire life.
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So, these are some of the things that I thought that I would talk about, and I'm sure that I will ramble and go off talk pick and on tangents a lot.
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But that's, that's my idea now.
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And if you're actually listening to this, all three of you, what do you think?
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What do you want to hear about?
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Is this even something that seems remotely interesting to you?
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Let me know.
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I would like to talk, as you probably know, if you actually know me.
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All right.
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Bye.
