This is a book on how to create original effects and routines, for your show or act, for lectures, for books and magazines, for marketing yourself or through dealers. Ian Adair was a prolific and successful trick creator. He shares in this publication his approach and lessons learned.
Be original, stand out from the others, create new ideas!
- About the author
- Testimonials
- Introduction
- Preface
- Thinking tricks... What this book offers you!
- 1 Researching what's been previously originated
- Studying the classics
- Studying magic inventors past and present
- Studying all principles in magic
- Studying dealer's marketed items (and catalogues)
- Studying Dealers' demonstrations
- Studying lectures (and lecture notes)
- Studying magic shows on television
- 2 Making notes (records) of your ideas
- Using standard notebooks
- Using electronic notebooks
- Using Post-it or Sticky notes
- Using scraps of paper
- Using pens, pencils and markers
- Using Magnetic Boards
- Using your computer/laptop
- Using voice recorders
- Using 'The Amazing Memory System'
- 3 Where & When?
- Originating ideas anytime/anywhere
- In a room with no distractions
- In travel - in the car
- Bedtimes
- Watching magicians
- Talking to other magicians
- 4 Using your creative mind
- Different methods of origination
- Studying different branches of magic
- Effect first?
- Method first?
- Commercial magic using commercial products
- 5 Thinking tricks for many good reasons
- For one's own show
- For a complete act
- For another magician
- For a lecture
- For lecture notes
- For a DVD
- For a magic dealer
- For your own dealer enterprise
- For publication in a magic magazine
- For a book
- As a magical advisor
- For fun!
- 6 An inventor's life for me; Great inventors - inventions
- An inventor's life for me!
- Great inventions - Great inventors
1st edition 2014, 110 pages.
word count: 29499 which is equivalent to 117 standard pages of text
