Free tips · Stage craft · Tip 13 of 19
Mechanics, then range
You've read the books. You've done the courses. Why have you stopped improving?
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The fix
The mechanics (structure, pace, pausing) follow a fixed path, and engineers are great at them. The next level, range, does not. It is exploratory and grows in leaps.
Drill · under two minutes
Take a 30-second update and say it three ways: as an engineer, as a storyteller, as if to a mate. Notice which one people would remember.
- Range
- The span of ways you can deliver the same material: pace, pitch, energy, warmth, stillness. Built through play and rehearsal, the way actors train.
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