Audition, Part 1

I’m writing on my new blog every day for thirty days straight. This is the tenth one.Here on the Pacific Coast it is 11:31PM, so I am really stretching today thin. I am precariously close to failing my challenge. It’s exciting.I don’t like writing about myself, which is why I’ve never really blogged a ton before. It makes the whole challenge very curious - but I’m sticking with it. At 11:35 now, I don’t have time to question it. The reason I’m saying this is because what I’m about to write about, I wouldn’t usually tell a ton of people:Today, I got a notice that I have an audition for a major network TV show. It’s my first major audition. So what’s going through my head?What I’m doing is working: My agent got me the audition, and I saw the casting director who works for this television show in a casting director workshop. So all of the work I’ve done recently to see casting directors and to start working with an agent has paid off. This is really encouraging. In a career defined by instability, I am feeling a little more stable.I’m ready for this: I’m excited. I’m ready. I’m ready to knock this audition out of the park. I expect to succeed. I expect to get many auditions for roles of this caliber and better. I expect to be extremely successful. I know luck is involved, but I know that I’ll succeed.This is just another inch: At first, I titled this post “the audition,” but I immediately realized that was ridiculous. No one audition is going to change my career. This an “an audition.” I am not looking for the quick path to success. I don’t need one project to skyrocket me to fame. I am just slowly adding to my momentum. Every day I’m getting better, and I’m here to build an acting career that is long and fruitful. So I’ll never be worried about one rejection. This is why I wouldn’t usually tell people. It’s one audition, and it won’t make or break my career. I’m going to do my job.Time to get to work: I immediately contacted my acting coach to set up a coaching session on Sunday morning. For auditions, casting directors send the actors what are called “sides.” Sides are basically a portion of the script for the episode where your character has a scene. After finishing this post, I am going to print out my sides. Even though it’s past my bedtime, I’m going to learn my lines and start studying the role.It's 11:58PM here in Los Angeles. There are six minutes left of my nephew Brendan's birthday. Happy birthday Brendan, love you.Time to get to work.