| So hooking then I'm assuming? After a decent open, you have her attention and youre wondering where you go..
ya, this is a common thing man. Tyler Durden, who I'm a fan of, has a technique he calls plowing. Its when you just talk about different threads/topics that are interesting/fun one after another till something hooks her interest. You want to be engaging, but not give a shit about the outcome of the interaction, naturally. You want to talk to the set like you've know them your whole life; completely comfortable.
It may take three or four topics till something hits, but it eventually will if you emit a fun/positive personality. Good hooking topics; cute animal stories, childhood throwbacks, funny personal experiences, etc.
One time I had this bunny in my pool chilling in the shallow end. It slopes down the way a beach or lake would. Anyways, it had fallen in. I spice that shit up and talk about how it was drinking pinacoladas, suntanning etc.
I also talk about running away when I was 6 with my little sister, and how we took all our stuffed animals rather than just a one or two so the others wouldn't feel bad. Blah blah blah. Appeal to her imagination with aesthetic details; colors, shapes, animate movements, yatta yat...
A good trick is to anchor stories/ routines to your fingers on one or both hands that you can refer to when you draw a blank.
Another good technique is coming up with a story displaying high value for every letter of the alphabet. I've done this thru letter D, lol. So if you have a good story involving apples, that would be A; another story about bicycles for B, etc. Write these out on paper and you will never draw a blank again.
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