WORD OF WISDOM

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft.

~Henry Petroski

Acting and Improv

Tonight at theater project we read some plays. I saw the importance of using the right emotions when doing a particular piece. It can be excitement, fear, resignation, anticipation. I see what actors do to prepare for what they do. I would have become a stage actor if I had my druthers.

You have to study line by line. There's lots of practice involved. Acting is a craft not easily mastered. Improv has helped me understand what it is to let myself go; something that is not always easy for me personally. I'm getting better at it though.