{"id":4564,"date":"2017-09-13T23:54:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T23:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:23:13","slug":"9-things-weve-all-thought-when-memorizing-a-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/9-things-weve-all-thought-when-memorizing-a-script\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Things We\u2019ve All Thought When Memorizing A Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

9 Things We\u2019ve All Thought When Memorizing A Script<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by\u00a0Tatiana Rodriguez<\/p>\n

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Learning your lines, it\u2019s a skill of trade. A skill which everyone masters differently. Some actors may struggle to memorize lines (myself included) while other actors find it comes to them more naturally. Either way, if you\u2019ve landed a role with several or more scenes to learn, you\u2019ve probably thought at least one if not all of these things, while memorizing your script!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1) I\u2019ll start this tomorrow…<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2) Act one! Let’s just start with act one.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3) Why does my character have\u00a0so many (or so little) lines!!!!<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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4) Maybe if I record myself and listen to it on repeat?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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5) None of these words even look like words anymore…<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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6) Paraphrasing counts, right?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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7) So close but so very far…<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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8) The offbook date is WHEN?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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9) I could recite these lines in my sleep.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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