Here's What I Say: My Patter for Some Well-Known Tricks
by Scott F. Guinn

Within the pages of this ebook you will not find explanations for new tricks. You won't even find explanations for old tricks. What you will find are presentations for a number of standard tricks or plots (what magicians sometimes call "patter"), as well as a few ideas on how to present some things in a way that has worked well for me. I have been performing for a long time now. Magicians are rarely overly impressed with my technical skill. However, I often get positive feedback about my presentations, and I've had a number of requests to put together a book of patter - of what I say while performing. This is that book.

Many of the presentations herein are for very basic (some would say "beginner-level") effects. That is intentional. I don't want this just to be a "script book", where you take the presentations word-for-word and line-by-line (although you certainly have my permission to do just that). It is my hope that these patter lines will be a springboard; a starting point that inspires you to come up with your own ideas for your performing repertoire.