LESS IS MORE: A DISCUSSION OF THE ACTOR AND THE KULESHOV EFFECT
“Stop acting!” “Stop indicating!” “You don’t have to work so hard!” We’ve all heard acting teachers and directors...
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EDIT “ING” FOR ACTIVE PROSE
How to Bring Pace and Immediacy to Your Narrative. “You sure do use a lot of gerunds.” This from my best college...
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WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINKING?
On Adding Depth and Specificity to Your Performance. It’s always daunting to introduce a new romantic interest...
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Behind the Scenes: The Storyteller’s Eye
It is one thing for an editor to tell you to show, rather than tell. It is quite another to figure out how to...
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BEING SEEN
The Gift of Presence. I sit, upright and relaxed. A student, Melissa, sits facing me. I ask her if the distance...
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Breathing Life
Traversing the distance from page to stage. The other day I chanced upon a clip of a scene from William Inge’s...