You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 120.

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to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.

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Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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In this episode, I want to talk about a pattern I've been noticing among my students lately.

During class or in private coaching sessions, or even in conversations outside of class,

I've had some students express either frustration or impatience with their level of progress when it comes to voice acting.

More than one student has said something like, well, I've taken X amount of

classes, sometimes as few as two, sometimes many more, and I'm still not getting the success I want.

Since this is a common refrain many aspiring voice actors may hear, whether from your peers or

from yourself, I'd like to take this opportunity to address how to set your

expectations about when you should achieve voice acting success. While I can almost guarantee that

those of you who think you should be professionally competitive after just two classes are being a bit

unrealistic, I can also understand how frustrating it can be not to know how long you'll need to study and practice voice acting before you really make it in the industry.

This question becomes especially acute for students of voice acting, who may have invested a lot of time and money into developing their voice acting skills,

but are still unsatisfied by their current ability to book work.

They can often feel discouraged and self-critical, which can lead to a downward spiral of demoralizing bitterness,

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