Notations and such.
While reading, I found passage by Alec Guinness, or Sir Alec, about advice he got from Edith Evans, I’m thinking, it was right around the 1938-48 time, in his book, Blessings in Disguise:
“You’re trying too hard. You don’t know how you got it in the first place. But it is natural to you, one day you’ll find it again. Take it lightly. Forget about it. But when it comes back make a note of what you were feeling inside.” (page 158)
It’s advice from a seasoned professional to young, at the time, bit-player. But Alec obviously had talent and drive, and what Edith said to him rang so true, not just for acting, but for any number of creative endeavors. He does go on to claim that this was advice he valued and paid attention to.
Use the force, Luke.