Creative Showmanship For The Close Up Magician Why is it that some magicians get great audience reaction while others who are just as skillful leave audiences cold The answers are in Strong Magic, the first ever book on showmanship specifically for the close up magician. As a successful professional magician for almost twenty years, Darwin Ortiz has appeared before thousands of audiences of all kinds. During that time he has studied what it takes to really move an audience. In Strong Magic he presents the results of those years of study and experience in a way that every magician can benefit from. Do you want applause, gasps, and praise Do you want to be talked about and remembered Strong Magic tells you how.