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hello everybody:)
Every magician i have talked to has given me the advice: get your own twist on your magic.
The problem is that i dont know how i should get my own twist. How could i mak all the tricks i do my own?
please help
Kalle:)

As you are 12 and fairly new to magic (judging from your introduction), I'd say that was terrible advice, for now. When you are 12, your perception of who you are, and what you want to be, is very likely to change.

Don't worry about making money with it (it can happen, just don't push at it), don't worry about how you can create new tricks and don't worry about putting your own twist on things (yet). I say, just have fun with magic and learning (and performing) some tricks.

If you'd like to develop your performance style, what might be appropriate for a relatively new magician is to look at how you present tricks and whether your style changes depending on where you learned the trick. To take an extreme example, it would be very strange if you did one trick like Max Maven and the next like Jeff McBride, with a Bill Malone routine in the middle.

Which style of trick that you perform (type of trick and the patter/presentation) feels most like you? Try to work your other tricks into that style and if you cannot do this, there are many other tricks out there - drop the one that doesn't suit you and pick another that does. Later, you may be experienced enough to work with the one you couldn't make fit at first.

Stuff like acting classes and theory books on trick design and presentation can come later. Just enjoy doing magic for now. If you choose tricks that suit you (not just because they are cool), you might enjoy the process even more.

Certainly it helps to perform routines in your own style and fashion but that's for later on. For now, just get a good grounding in as many different aspects of magic you can, see which ones suit and which you enjoy then concentrate on doing them well. You'll find that 'your twist' will come more easily and naturally at that stage. Best of luck!

The easiest way to make a magic trick your own is to come up with your own patter. Another thing you can do is see where props can be replaced and personalized. For example, colour changing card trick becomes transforming photo, rope trick becomes trick with neck tie or shoe lace etc.

Perform to as many people as possible and whenever possible. You are never going to find a better teacher than trial and error, and along the way you will develope your own twist, it will probably happen without you being aware it is happening.

Have fun, otherwise it just isn't worth it.