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Instructions to student:
Read and study Three Uses for a Knife and Strong Magic. Notice the theories at work in other forms of media beyond magic.
Watch Johnny Thompson and Ammar vids and observe the theories in practice. Work through Amateur Magician’s Handbook and Ammar vid.
Read Five Points in Magic.
Read Essential Dai Vernon and note how the five points work with those effects.
Read Conjurors Psychological Secrets.
Learn and practice Thompson effects.
Pick and choose through remaining books what you want to learn.
Keep re-reading theory books and modifying your routines.
Three Uses of the Knife - David Mamet
One of my favorites, and pretty heady stuff, but Mamet plays no games when it comes to drama.
Video: Lessons from the Screenplay’s Black Swan vs Whiplash
Script: Monster
Book: Three Uses of the Knife
Get these books by David Mamet:
Three Uses of The Knife, and True and False: heresay and common sense for the actor
Two books that I found very helpful:
[The Anatomy of Story by John Truby](https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Story-
Becoming-Master-Storyteller/dp/0865479933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494365551&sr=8-1&keywords=john+truby)
(Also look him up on Youtube: Anatomy Of Story: The Complete Film Courage Interview with John Truby)
and
Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet