The other day I was reading one of Mark Watsons books and I came across this paragraph in a chapter that I found really interesting and relevant to the emotions that some people can have with improv and I thought it would be interesting to look at it today.

I thought this was a really interesting paragraph because sometimes when you do improv, it can be really easy to feel that we are only performing improv for others and we are always looking for the next laugh or validation from the audience or other players whether we are good.

Sometimes it is important to take a step back and remember why you started to perform improv in the first place – what were the real reasons you decided to take your initial class? It wasn’t because of an audience making you or a player you never knew before making you. No, you did it because YOU wanted to do improv, you had the urge to do it, it was something you wanted to learn to owe yourself something.

It can be so easy to get lost in the world of the audience or the world of social media but the most important thing about your improv journey is you! If you are enjoying something – embrace it, if you are not enjoying something don’t partake in that particular type of style even if all your friends are. The most important person on your improv journey is you and that can be hard to remember sometimes…