“Yes, and…”, also referred to as “Yes, and…” thinking, is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that a participant should accept what another participant has stated (“yes”) and then expand on that line of thinking (“and”).
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“Yes, and..” 2022. Wikipedia, August. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yes,_and.&oldid=1106480522.