Sketchplanations - A weekly explanation in a sketch

‘Yes, and’ is fundamental to improvisation. When I asked Deborah Frances-White why, she told me that in life, saying no allows us to remain safe, whereas learning to say yes means learning to trust other people and to be open to being changed by the other person.

For 2 to 4 weeks, the writers’ room banter was each person asking, “What if … ?” over and over again. Crazy scenarios were encouraged, not penalized. Every idea, no matter what, was valid during this period. The idea generation and filtering/editing stages were entirely separate. As B.J. explained, “To me, everything is idea and execution and, if y

“You get it in your own way—thinking that you needed to know something, a trick or a process, before it would flow. If you got out of the way, it would just flow. What gives you permission to let it flow? Sometimes if you take 4 years of schooling or you study under somebody, then you’ve suddenly given yourself permission to let it flow…. “You’re j