Hello everyone! I am brand new to Magic. I've been practicing for about 2 months on and off. I have two young kids at home so I have limited free time! I have fallen in love with magic. I've always enjoyed it. But I recently got started after watching Penn and teller fool us on YouTube for hours on end.
I bought the Joshua Jay book - the complete course. I read it cover to cover twice and have learned a lot from it so far! I even took some methods from the book and an effect I've seen before to create my own trick and way of doing it! I know it has probably been done in that exact way by many people, but it was so cool being able to develop something on my own.
I have a couple questions that I need some advice on. For now, I generally perform these effects for family/coworkers right now. They often ask 2 questions - how do you do that? And can you do that trick again? I push off the question of how it is done pretty easily. But when they ask if I can do it again, I can't. Most of the tricks require setup and that would give the trick, or at least part of it away. How do I combat this question?
Secondly, most of the tricks I know right now require some sort of deck setup. If I want to do 3 or 4 tricks in a row, I need to switch decks at some point. What is an effective way to do this? I don't like having several decks out as I feel like it cheapens the magic and rids it if the awe.
Lastly, the Joshua Jay book mentioned language of effect vs trick being important to the community. Does that hold true?
Thanks in advance for the help!
I bought the Joshua Jay book - the complete course. I read it cover to cover twice and have learned a lot from it so far! I even took some methods from the book and an effect I've seen before to create my own trick and way of doing it! I know it has probably been done in that exact way by many people, but it was so cool being able to develop something on my own.
I have a couple questions that I need some advice on. For now, I generally perform these effects for family/coworkers right now. They often ask 2 questions - how do you do that? And can you do that trick again? I push off the question of how it is done pretty easily. But when they ask if I can do it again, I can't. Most of the tricks require setup and that would give the trick, or at least part of it away. How do I combat this question?
Secondly, most of the tricks I know right now require some sort of deck setup. If I want to do 3 or 4 tricks in a row, I need to switch decks at some point. What is an effective way to do this? I don't like having several decks out as I feel like it cheapens the magic and rids it if the awe.
Lastly, the Joshua Jay book mentioned language of effect vs trick being important to the community. Does that hold true?
Thanks in advance for the help!