How to Learn All Your Lines for a Play, in One Day
Read through your script once., Divide up the parts by scenes., Do step two, for all of your other scenes. , Once you've learned all of your lines in all of your scenes, it's time to memorize everything, and remember it!, Break your script down into...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Read through your script once.
Read every part that has you in it.
Once you've read it a time or two, listen to your music (If you even have any.), and memorize that. , Say, you're in scene Act 1 Scene 1, and you have about 20 lines.
Go over each paragraph. (Line.) Start with one line, then two lines, and so on.
Once you have memorized one line, go on to the next one, read it about five times, then read that line, and the one before it.
And so on, until you have memorized all of your lines, in said scene. ,, Do what you have done in steps two and three, only not in paragraphs, in scenes.
If it's hard to do all together, read scenes one and two, over and over again, take a break, then move on to your other scenes. , Try not to do more than two lines at once. -
Step 2: Divide up the parts by scenes.
Write down your line, speaking it as you write it.
This will help your mind process the line in four ways—reading, writing, speaking, and hearing. , Stop when you have that section memorized. ,, -
Step 3: Do step two
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Step 4: for all of your other scenes.
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Step 5: Once you've learned all of your lines in all of your scenes
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Step 6: it's time to memorize everything
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Step 7: and remember it!
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Step 8: Break your script down into manageable chunks.
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Step 9: Get a piece of notebook paper.
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Step 10: Continue rewriting and speaking the section.
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Step 11: Move to the next section.
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Step 12: Repeat the above steps until you have memorized all your lines.
Detailed Guide
Read every part that has you in it.
Once you've read it a time or two, listen to your music (If you even have any.), and memorize that. , Say, you're in scene Act 1 Scene 1, and you have about 20 lines.
Go over each paragraph. (Line.) Start with one line, then two lines, and so on.
Once you have memorized one line, go on to the next one, read it about five times, then read that line, and the one before it.
And so on, until you have memorized all of your lines, in said scene. ,, Do what you have done in steps two and three, only not in paragraphs, in scenes.
If it's hard to do all together, read scenes one and two, over and over again, take a break, then move on to your other scenes. , Try not to do more than two lines at once.
Write down your line, speaking it as you write it.
This will help your mind process the line in four ways—reading, writing, speaking, and hearing. , Stop when you have that section memorized. ,,
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