Making up a story with cards

[AdrianSJW]

Hey guys emergency !!!!!!! i am suppose to make up a story using cards before Christmas and i have to perform  it in front of a small bunch of audience  and i cant think of any . I really need help pls

[sinsandman]

Make up a story how? I mean, you can make up a story using the face cards and such.

[Jin Jian]

That easy .. go to youtube and search for contest that require people to tell him a story and see the video reponse and you get alot of ideas (omg i am so smart )

[dmbaggs]

The Devil's Elevator card trick is a great one to make up a story to and it's pretty easy to do as well. If you youtube it you'll be able to find numerous videos on it! Hope it helps 

[AdrianSJW]

The Devil's Elevator card trick is a great one to make up a story to and it's pretty easy to do as well. If you youtube it you'll be able to find numerous videos on it! Hope it helps 

So using this technique and making up a story as i go along works. is that what you mean?

[Don Boyer]

The classic Kannibal Kings is a good story trick - not exactly winter-holiday themed, but it's a good story.  There's also a variant on the classic where a card is "bitten" and the missing bite turns up "inside the cannibal's stomach" - you tear open a King and it's between the cards two layers!  I think NY Magic Project has that one as well as a few other shops.  But the classic version isn't hard, though it requires practice to do it well.  Michael Ammar covered it in his "Easy to Master Card Tricks Volume 1" or some such series focused on cards; I forget the name but I think I have it right.

[dmbaggs]

The Devil's Elevator card trick is a great one to make up a story to and it's pretty easy to do as well. If you youtube it you'll be able to find numerous videos on it! Hope it helps 

So using this technique and making up a story as i go along works. is that what you mean?

Yeah pretty much. The trick is long enough that you could bring in a story to it. Also its a pretty simple but awesome trick!

[sinsandman]

I agree with Bags. Use a trick you can learn to do well and more so use your imagination to throw a sick story into it. The story will also make the trick hit harder. Patter is king.

[Don Boyer]

I agree with Bags. Use a trick you can learn to do well and more so use your imagination to throw a sick story into it. The story will also make the trick hit harder. Patter is king.

Patter is DEFINITELY king.  If you did tricks with a stone face and didn't say anything, it would get boring fast.  The patter is part of the entertainment.  Some starting magicians forget this (or never learn it in the first place) and focus just on the technical aspects of their performance and not the theatrical.  David Blaine wouldn't be as famous as he is if it wasn't for his patter and demeanor when performing, and neither would Criss Angel or practically any other magician you can think of.  Penn and Teller...well, Teller is the silent straight man, but without Penn Gillette's patter, it's like drinking warm, flat soda.