- If you're not nervous, you don't care enough - Nervousness signals authenticity and vulnerability for the audience to admire Don't memorize lines, instead, remember - First few sentences to start strong - Scenes of story - Remember physical locations - 7 scenes max for easy remembering - Remember through size of a circle, and color (tone) - Last few sentences Eye contact - Find one person in the left, middle, and right, that you trust and use them as guideposts Control emotions - To not get too invested, view the story from a higher perspective Microphone usage - Still talk aloud - Adjust properly - Always use microphone