How To Memorize Lines

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Whether you're a budding actor, a businessperson who has to give presentations, or a PTA mom, we all need to remember lines now and then. These tricks will help.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Paper and pen
A tape recorder

Step 1: Write it down

Write out your lines. This helps your brain commit them to memory because the act of transferring them to paper requires you to process the material instead of just seeing it. In fact, research shows this can help you memorize things 45% faster.

Step 2: Think like the character

If you're memorizing lines for a play, think about the character's motivation. Sounds clichéd, we know. But it works. It's called "active experiencing," and research backs up its effectiveness.

Step 3: Become a broken record

Say the lines over and over—and over! Repetition trains the brain by prompting it to expect the words to follow in a certain way.

Tip: Memorize your lines on an empty stomach; that's when the hormone dealing with memory is most active!

Step 4: Move

When studying the lines at home, move as you would on the stage. In one study, people who memorized lines while in motion later remembered them better than those who stood still.

Step 5: Tape yourself

Record yourself saying your lines and play it at bedtime. Your brain is most programmable right before you fall asleep, when it's most primed for suggestion and memory retention.

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[Graddee]

That Balcony looks safe

[SingingInTheRainn]

You guys are way better than that expert village =D Thanks helped a lot!

[musicgoddess246]

Crap, trying to learn over 500 words before tomorrow and I've just watched this: practise on an empty stomach'. All I'm thinking is: shit I just ate a Wispa...

[flowergirl3oh3]

I had to memorize to be or not be speech...it was not fun.

[misseigna2]

Thanks, that was very helpful!

[jayloonar]

fuck you, you dont know shit about hamlet

[Hardyzrock200]

hi

[ZinneyTheTeddyBear]

@sPAWNEDx13 lmao!

[EatMyShorts558]

This has really helped me

[FallenAngel3590]

need to recite Romeo and Juliet's Act 2 Scene 2....watching this for help =]

[Beatles4eva3]

@smudgecraft :o that sucks!!

[smudgecraft]

Ha! ,I Have To Memorize The Be, Or Not To Be Speech :/