11 Good Habits

Here is another list that is circulation on the internet: 11 good habits for improvisers:

• Agreement : everyone in the scene makes-believe the same reality
• Allow yourself to be emotionally altered (by the story, by your co-players)
• As a prerequisite to the previous one: be vulnerable, allow letting your guard down in order to be affected, altered
• Know stuff about your character
• Pantomime ( Object Work )
• Trust and support your partner(s)
• Be specific
• Commit
• Be honest (and the audience will believe you)
• Misbehave in a playful way (see Shivving and Pimping )
• Reincorporate specific elements from earlier in the performance

See for example Improv for Everyone for an in-depth discussion on these good habits.