Inadequate Preparation

	Besides faculty evaluation, there is one other basic cause for stage fright. The cause is insufficient preparation. The speaker has reason-good reason, to be afraid. Not having organized his thoughts in advance, the speaker, especially the inexperienced speaker, becomes suddenly aware of his inadequacies, fear arises when we feel ourselves inadequate to meet a situation. Stage fright is fear in a situa-
tion involving a speaker and an audience.