# One Ahead

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## Posts
- [A Guide to Forcing Techniques for Magicians  ](https://www.oneahead.com/p/forcing-techniques): Learn the crucial secrets behind every choice of forcing technique and how to avoid the most common mistakes. 
- [A New Method for the Phone Roulette Magic Trick](https://www.oneahead.com/p/phone-roulette-magic-trick): Many have performed variations of the routine made popular by Justin Willman. This new method streamlines the final teleportation. 
- [Get Better Reactions with Graduated Participation](https://www.oneahead.com/p/graduated-participation): Gaia explains the "Graduated Participation" technique and the psychology behind its ability to improve spectator reactions.  
- [How Jack Rhodes Filmed a Self-Funded Magic Special ](https://www.oneahead.com/p/jack-rhodes-magic-special): Jack Rhodes breaks down his magic special that's now on YouTube - including the challenges, the cost and what he’d do differently next time.
- [An "Everyone Else Is in on It" Target Number Trick](https://www.oneahead.com/p/target-number-mentalism-trick): A new presentation for the classic number prediction demonstrates how you can make small changes to effects to make them your own.
- [Handling Magic Trick Outs Like a Pro](https://www.oneahead.com/p/magic-trick-outs): Gaia shares guidance on how to prepare "outs" and always be ready for anything that could go wrong during a magic performance. 
- [Learn The Peel Change DIY Card Magic Gimmick](https://www.oneahead.com/p/peel-change): This method can also be presented as a magic effect in and of itself. Learn how to apply it to your favourite card magic routines. 
- [Explaining Split Reveals and FORM in Mentlism ](https://www.oneahead.com/p/split-reveals): This tool is one that top mentalists and mind readers rely on to enhance the way they reveal spectators' thoughts and choices. It's worth learning. 
- [How Mentalists Use Linked Choices to Fool People](https://www.oneahead.com/p/linked-choices): This is a technique you may already use without realising it, but you'll certainly want to consider adding it to the effects you perform already.
- [The Parlour Magic Advice You Actually Need](https://www.oneahead.com/p/parlour-magic-advice): Parlour magic has its own logic — and most performers miss it. Here's what close-up and stage experience won't teach you about parlour shows.
- [How to Make Any Prediction More Impressive](https://www.oneahead.com/p/how-to-make-any-prediction-more-impressive): The same presentational technique works with mystery objects and object-to-impossible-location effects. Start using it today.
- [How to Misdirect Spectators with Look-Around Statements](https://www.oneahead.com/p/look-around-statements): These simple phrases encourage audiences to look around precisely when you need them to look the other way.
- [Combining Methods for a Parlour Prediction Trick](https://www.oneahead.com/p/prediction-trick): Predict three celebrities freely chosen by three audience members. Plus, why does this presentation act as a flywheel with the method?
- [The Secret to Performing Great Magic on Bad Days](https://www.oneahead.com/p/performing-great-magic-on-bad-days): We've all been there, but how should you navigate it when you need to perform, but things are not going your way? Learn these psychological tools.
- [How Magicians Should Perform "Love Ritual"](https://www.oneahead.com/p/love-ritual): The routine created by Woody Aragon is one of the most popular card tricks for stage performances. Here is how to make the most out of it.
- [Assigning Tropes to Your Magic Spectators](https://www.oneahead.com/p/assigning-tropes-to-spectators): The best magicians entertain the audience by bringing them into a bigger story. Here is how you can do it too.
- [Breaking the Thread: Mesika v. Penguin Magic, et al ](https://www.oneahead.com/p/mesika-v-penguin-magic-et-al): A timeline of events, the lawsuit, and why this might impact the entire magic community.
- [How Magicians Can Manufacture Miracles](https://www.oneahead.com/p/manufacture-miracles): Every magician should be doing this to make their acts and routines (sometimes) considerably more impressive. 
- [How to Write Scripts for TV Magic Acts](https://www.oneahead.com/p/how-to-write-scripts-for-tv-magic): Rory shares the ultimate guide to scripting magic routines for television. Proven advice for shows like Got Talent and Fool Us. 
- [The Conjuring Lab Story](https://www.oneahead.com/p/conjuring-lab-story): Partnership Edition: A closer look at the magic company behind the trick everyone is talking about, and what its success means for the industry. 
- [How to Light Your Magic Tricks](https://www.oneahead.com/p/how-to-light-magic-tricks): Want a crash course on everything you need to know about lighting as a magician? Here it is. Dive right in. 
- [A Voodoo Card Trick Method](https://www.oneahead.com/p/voodoo-card-trick-method): Learn the secret behind a charming repeatable voodoo trick with court cards that the spectator marks with black crosses.
- [The Secret Behind Performing Authentically](https://www.oneahead.com/p/performing-authentically): Magic might not be real, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't be. Gaia shares practical tools for connecting with your audience from the stage.
- [The Trick That Cannot Be Explained, Again](https://www.oneahead.com/p/trick-that-cannot-be-explained-again): You're not supposed to repeat this trick. But what if you did? Giacomo shares a method for combining the classic plot with a "Triumph."
- [Navigating Expectations in Magic](https://www.oneahead.com/p/magic-expectations): In magic, everything revolves around setting and breaking expectations. But what happens when expectations rise too high?