When You're Nervous and flub, Stay Calm, Breathe Deep-Stay Upbeat

Another interesting thing from last nights class concerned flubbing a line. Sometimes a person is reading really well and then flubs a line near the end of the read. When they go back to do a pick up, you can hear the despair in their voices as they read. The disappointment  of goofing up becomes the tone of voice. We have to make sure what we're thinking does NOT become the tone of voice we're using. It all has to be separate. We don't want to react emotionally to our mistakes, we just want to observe, correct and fix them and move on. Taking a deep breath is very important to stay calm and keeping your mind clear so you can do great reads and easily fix the flubs.