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17 pieces of magical theatre and 14 essays.
This ebook is about finding yourself in magic and sharing who you are with your audience in a theatrical setting. Franklin Williams shares his story and teaches you how to take magic tricks and turn them into art.
You will learn about scripting and telling deep meaningful stories while doing amazing and strong magic on stage, parlor, and in closeup. This ebook also contains Franklin's award-winning take on the Vanishing Bottle and The Chop Cup.
Excerpt from the foreword by Jeff McBride.
Franklin’s magic is bold. The magic in this book is more than strong… It is powerful magic. What is the difference between strong and powerful? Many magicians use the art as a power display to “blow us away.” Franklin works his magic to bring our hearts closer together and to raise us up. POWER often pushes down and oppresses; STRENGTH takes our hand and lifts us up!
If you want to learn the art of Storytelling Magic, this is a must-have work on that subject.
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Foreword by Jeff McBride
- Essay: A Coward Takes The Stage
- Piece: Muse of Fire
- Piece: Familiar
- Essay: The Spark
- Piece: The Hearts
- Essay: Just Do the Damn Trick
- Piece: The Power of Words
- Essay: Gift Magic and Impact
- Essay: Nobody Wants to See That
- Piece: Questions?
- Essay: Thinking, Drinking, and Seeking
- Piece: Social Skills
- Essay: Attack of the Clones (Vernon and Marlo Special Edition)
- Piece: The Keys To Life
- Essay: Making Magic Out of a Trick (In 4 Uneasy Steps)
- Essay: Script First
- Piece: War is Hell
- Piece: The Day The Magic. . .
- Piece: Iago’s
- Essay: Are You Not Entertained?
- Essay: The Brave Deserve Better
- Piece: The Lesson
- Piece: You are Magic
- Piece: Believe In Your Dreams
- Essay: Being You in 3 Easy Steps
- Piece: Cages or Wings
- Essay: Gifts for My Dear Ones
- A Request From The Author
- Piece: Dreams for Shaden
- Piece: Jace's Wish
- Essay: You Never Know
- Piece: The Tiger
- Closing Thoughts and Well Wishes
- Credits and Resources
1st edition 2022, PDF 149 pages.
word count: 34214 which is equivalent to 136 standard pages of text
