Creating Impact

THE BLURB:
Straight from a working repertoire - this is Mentalism with
IMPACT!

CREATING IMPACT

- is everything that your audience would expect of you-

and more...

In this mouth-watering 40 page ebook I share with you one of
my most beloved routines
in painstaking detail, and I leave you with a feast for
thought.
Juicy!

High in the essentials that make a good, strong, impact on
your audience,

CREATING IMPACT
is an experience your audience won't soon forget. This is
how mentalism is meant to be performed!

So what is it really?:

1. A three-phase routine using business cards that builds to
a stunning climax and leaves you clean
2. New applications of classic principles that are tried and
tested, and get results
3. Easy to do with uncomplicated handling*
4. A study in presentation, theme, construction and meaning
within a routine
5. Ideal for small groups and house parties, but can be
adapted to play bigger with a little thought
6. Can be performed impromptu
7. More than a trick, this is a lesson in presentation and
showmanship that will breathe new life into your old effects
(if you so choose)
8. Your audience will indeed wonder if you're the real
thing!
9. Although easy to do, this is not for beginners.

INCLUDING

BONUS EFFECT

Ever been caught without your ESP or Tarot deck? Now you can
perform a personalized reading using your ESP CARD SYSTEM
READING knowledge at the drop of a hat! Inspired by a true
story, I'll explain how this BONUS EFFECT can be adapted to
be performed on radio too.

This is no pipedream or knuckle busting effect. Book Tests
and Card-At-Any-Number effects are meaningless to me. This
is simple and strong, intimate mentalism guaranteed to have
impact!

This is what they say about Creating Impact:

"It looks to me like the routining is exceptional!
Everything makes sense and the effects build to bigger and
more impressive climaxes. I can certainly understand the
logic behind it all and you have maximized the material into
a great piece. (Although) this type of effect is not my
style... I wish I could see you working this routine as I
might feel differently about this kind of presentation after
seeing it worked."
- Richard Osterlind

" This act is a perfect example of what you and I were
talking about when we said that there's nothing new under
the sun, but - OH! - what wonderful things can be created
with the 'not new' materials which we already have
available. Outstanding work! I'd expect nothing less from
the creator of the Simple ESP Card Reading System"
- Chet Cox

"(Alan is) offering a strong, well-constructed block of
close-up mentalism. It's personal, logical, and astonishing
to the lay person... (and) it plays very well as a
stand-alone piece."
- Matthew 'Malchat' Schouten

"I love it! I'm going to sit time to the side to work with
it later in the week in that I think it is perfect for the
way I work (Imagine that)."
- Craig Browning

MY COMMENTS:
This is a beautifully constructed routine and certainly a
worker that is effective. It's a merging of three effects.
The first is an ESP symbol location based on a well-known
principle by Bob Hummer. The second effect is a kind of
Fourth Dimensional Telepathy and inspired by a John Riggs
routine. The final piece is a design duplication.
Essentially, there are no new principles, although, as
always the case, one may not be familiar with some of the
principles involved. The beauty of this routine is the way
it's constructed and how it flows. It's a very strong
routine and definitely well-thought out.

However, I must advise potential purchasers that this
routine is not for the novice mentalist. Oh, it's easy to
perform if we're talking about sleights, since there aren't
any. I'm referring to the true mentalism aspects of this
routine. You have to know how to really sell and perform
stunning mentalism, as this routine is truly just that. If
this routine can't work for you, it's due to inexperience,
not because of the routine.

Finally, this routine doesn't require any setup and it can
be done impromptu, though Alan's handling does require the
use of Mark Strivings' Sight Unseen Case. If you don't have
that, you can use the Stealth Assassin. If you don't have
either, there are several other methods, some of which Alan
discusses, in order to accomplish one of the effects. This
probably goes without saying, but it's well worth the price.