Declarative Opening
An initiation that states something as fact — no question, no qualifier — giving the partner a concrete platform to Yes-And.
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- 'This is the best birthday I've ever had.' — declarative. Partner now has character, relationship, emotion, stakes.
- Opposite: question openings ('Where are we?' 'What's wrong?'), which hand the work to the partner without giving them anything to build on.
- Core UCB-Harold audition advice: the strongest initiations are declarative and specific.
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