The Great Acting Blog: “Sabotaging A Project With Sloppiness, Laziness Or Fear”
Closing out a performance, an audition, a production, a script, or any creative endeavour, can prove to be extremely difficult because there is a tendency to believe that, as we are near the end, we must be tired (“oh look, I’m near the end, I’m must be tired”), and so we allow our standards to slip, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. However, not allowing standards to slip requires planning and will. Planning is about being aware of our creative metabolism and how it functions, and ensuring in advance that we don’t dip in the moments where we think we might. Will power is about discipline and self-control, it is a muscle which can be made stronger over time, with exercise. Further, we can assist our will by removing any tasks which are not essential to the completion of the work at hand, and in so doing, we protect our will from being depleted unnecessarily.
Planning and will power are both within our control, so it is up to us to decide whether we are going to close-out the project correctly, or whether we’re going to sabotage it by being sloppy, lazy or frightened.
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