In my field (close up magic) I would tell someone that it takes loads of practice to be good. I would be implying two different kinds of practice that they should do. First I would be implying that they should first, on their own, master all of the sleight of hand and patter that goes with a given trick. The second (and most important) kind would be to then perform for people again, and again, and again. Performing for people is where the real growth hides, and where you make the biggest leaps in your abilities.
A lot of beginners miss this, because they don't think of performing as practice to get better, they just think of it as "show time, don't screw up". You really need to perform your act in front of people in order to really see what works and what doesn't.
In my field (close up magic) I would tell someone that it takes loads of practice to be good. I would be implying two different kinds of practice that they should do. First I would be implying that they should first, on their own, master all of the sleight of hand and patter that goes with a given trick. The second (and most important) kind would be to then perform for people again, and again, and again. Performing for people is where the real growth hides, and where you make the biggest leaps in your abilities. A lot of beginners miss this, because they don't think of performing as practice to get better, they just think of it as "show time, don't screw up". You really need to perform your act in front of people in order to really see what works and what doesn't.