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These games are intended to create narratives and are based on the imaginative possibilities within a group of spontaneously creating stories together, either in pairs or in a group. In the group stories, every member of the group contributes something to the creation and further development of a collective story, sequentially adding an element, either a sound, word, or a sentence. This game requires listening closely, following the direction of the developing story and responding quickly to the contribution of the person who has just spoken. Since the story often takes unexpected directions, all forms of thinking ahead become a hindrance rather than a help to the spontaneous and organic creation of the narrative. Both the individual imagination as well as a ‘collective imagination’ are thus called into play.

Another game belonging to this type of work is The Mime and the Storyteller in which one person is the mime and the other is the storyteller. The storyteller looks at the mime and tells the story she thinks she is seeing. It often happens then that the told story is quite different than was intended, in which case the mime has to go along with these new developments. These kinds of games involve a constant ‘sharing and shifting of power’ in the creation of each part of the story.