Michael Conterio

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Who am I?

For starters, the kind of person who immediately wants to follow up the question “Who am I?” with lyrics from Les Miserables. I really enjoy singing, even though I’m not very good at it (this isn’t digging for compliments, I have too many friends who are better singers than I). Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 2 years4 months ago
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Emotional connection in improv and stories – why can it be hard?

Last month I was lucky enough to be able to spend the weekend at one of Showstopper’s improvised musical workshops, and I picked up some really good advice. Which was a little strange, because it was advice that should be really familiar to me by now not just from improv, Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 5 years5 years ago
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Making mistakes in writing and improv

13 scenes written, and the final confrontation started. Our hero stands seemingly alone, surrounded by the villain’s crew. But she knows she’s got a trick up her sleeve, thanks to her nearby hidden friend. Who the villain demanded be brought to him a few scenes ago. And for some reason Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 5 years5 years ago
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Inspiration and connections, rather than new ideas

The whole point of making a “Not-A-New-Year’s-Resolution” was to encourage myself to follow up on it, so another blog post is overdue! This time I’d like to describe my personal answer to the perennial question about writing, “Where do you get your ideas?” For me the process of writing seems Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 5 years5 years ago
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Welcome to the Contrary Thoughts Blog

People don’t easily fit into pigeon-holes, and so neither does this blog. In the past when I’ve run a more personal blog I’ve asked people which elements of it they most enjoyed reading and ended up with something of a hodge-podge of responses. Some people wanted to know what I’d been Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 8 years5 years ago
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