Spoken Thoughts
Spoken Thoughts is a scene exercise in which a facilitator or fellow player periodically taps a performer on the shoulder, prompting them to speak their character's inner monologue aloud before resuming the scene. The technique reveals the gap between what characters say and what they think. The exercise builds subtext awareness and emotional depth.
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