Strong Choices / Active Choices
Making specific, high-stakes, point-of-view-loaded choices at the top of a scene rather than vague or neutral ones.
Known for
- Opposite of 'wimping': playing 'a guy who's kind of tired' versus 'an insomniac paramedic on day four of a heat wave.'
- Johnstone's variant: 'Be obvious' — resist the urge to be clever; take the strongest, most apparent choice.
- Tied to stakes: strong choices imply strong consequences.