Scripting Magic – Vol. 2 by Pete McCabe

Scripting Magic 2 is the next step in your development as a magician. With a complete overview of the scripting process, practical, real-world exercises, and contributions from a who’s who of world class magicians, it’s the most advanced single volume ever written on the subject. It takes on the more challenging scripting techniques and makes them accessible for everyone from amateurs to experienced professionals.

Best of all, it includes many ways you can use scripting to improve your magic even if you don’t like performing a written script. Just a few well-placed lines can improve any effect. How many magic books will improve every single trick you do? Scripting Magic 2 will do just that.

Contributors: David Ben, Christian Cagigal, Bob Cassidy, Bob Farmer, Barry Fernelius, Paul Gertner, Roberto Giobbi, Andi Gladwin, Howard Hamburg, Harry Houdini, Derek Hughes. Joshua Jay. Curtis Kam, James Lewis, Max Maven, Francis Menotti, Robert Neale, Andrew Hill Newman, Ruben Padilla, David Parr, Chris Philpott, James Swain, Juan Tamariz, Dai Vernon, Michael Weber, and Larry White.

456 pages in a beautiful illustrated hardback, with elastic ribbon

Contents:
Read Me……………….3
The Pre-Scripting Process in Six Lines……….. 7
An Idea We Wish to Communicate…………… 10
Finders Keepers by Pete McCabe…………. 13
The One Thing……………….. 20
A Plot that Underlines and Reveals the Idea in an Interesting Way ….22
The Ring, the Watch, and the Wallet…………..24
Modern Crime by Andi Gladwin………….25
The Difference Between Plot and Effect…………30
Kokology……………….. 32
‘Ihe Open Door by Chris Philpott………..33
Michael Weber: Best Story Wins…………..45
The Three Heaps…………….. 58
Play for Peanuts by Larry White………….. 59
A Short Note about Plot and Timing……….. 67
Magic Coloring Book……………… 69
The Book of Oz by Curtis Kam…………… 69
Solid, Rounded Charactersfor the Story to Happen to…….. 74
John Lovick: Persona and Other Pieces of the Performance Puzzle …77
The False Shuffle……………….. 86
Exdislycally Shunuffled By Francis Menotti………. 87
Confession…………….. 91
Get Legs………………… 93
The Three-Eyed, Six-Legged Monster by Ruben Padilla ….94
The Dancing Cane…………… 1 HO
Dancing by Andrew Hill Newman…………. 100
The Water Torture Cell……………… 105
Challenged or Houdini Upside Down by Harry Houdini….. 105
Joshua Jay’s Hitchcock………….. 121
The MacGuffin By Joshua Jay…………122
A Solid and Credible World………… 135
Props……………….. 137
A Larger, More Potent Whole…….. 139
Stereo Scope by Christian Cagigal……….. 141
Props and The MIT Exercise………….. 151
Script Season…………….. 155
Catching a Leprechaun by Pete McCabe…….. 156
Jack O’Lantern by Pete McCabe………… 163
Spin the Bottle……………… 168
The Spirit of the Sea by Pete McCabe………168
Work on the Script Itself………….. 173
Thoughts on Scripting by Roberto Giobbi……….175
Scripting Magic for Non-Actors…….. 177
First Lines………………… 181
An Amateur’s Approach……………..190
What is Structure?…………….. 193
Groundhog Day……………. 197
The PATEO Force…………….203
Sole Survivor by Robert Neale…………… 204
Electile Dysfunction By Max Maven……… 208
The Last Word by Barry Fernelius……….212
The Cut Deeper Force…………… 220
All My Predictions Are Correct by Pete McCabe……… 220
The Deck Switch……………… 226
Lucky for You by Pete McCabe………….. 227
Let the (Improv) Games Begin…………… 234
The Luckiest Man in the World by Pete McCabe……… 235
A Strong Structure Anyone Can Use………. 244
An Ever Organic Spiral Up…………246
The Principles of Deception by David Ben……… 248
Scripting as Method…….. 254
Neither Blind Nor Stupid by Juan Tamariz……… 256
The Einstein Card Trick……………263
The Four Witches By Pete McCabe……….. 264
Casting A Magic Spell………….. 269
Satan is My Friend and Now He’s Yours Too by Bob Farmer….270
Persistimis Possessiamo by Pete McCabe…………275
Eat Me by Pete McCabe…………… 283
Pleasure to Burn by Pete McCabe………….. 289
A Tribute to Dunninger by James Swain…….. 297
A Yogic Mystery by David Parr………….. 307
A Cigarette Disappears………….. 307
Howard Hamburg: A Scripting Lesson from the Professor…… 313
Connecting with the Audience…………… 322
The $100 Bill Switch…………… 323
Lottery Fever by James Lewis………… 324
A Card Changes……………… 332
The Heckler by Pete McCabe……….. 332
Major Effects for Mentalists………….. 341
A Minor Book Test………….. 341
A Major Book Test by Bob Cassidy……….. 346
For a Song…………………354
ScriptingWorkshop in PDF Form…………..362
Correlation is Not Causation-it’s Better……….. 365
Trade Shows…………….. 370
IHOP by Paul Gertner…………….. 370
Post Scripting……………….. 375
Derek Hughes: As Seen On TV!…………. 376
Boom, Famous By Derek Hughes……….379
Nine Questions for a Writer………….. 406
The Notebook……………….415
Revision………………. 438
Scriptwriting 101……………… 440