I think back to the many, many times I’ve counseled everyone to limit studio time every day and go out and “fill the well” and realize that sometimes (only sometimes) I am a rank hypocrite.

There are hundreds of techniques and years of training that can improve your directing skills. What I’m presenting here are some quick fixes...

I had been using the same kinds of words--"give me an up read, a medium read, a soft read"--and the announcers kept asking me to come up with other words to describe what I wanted from them.