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# If you’re learning by gigging, do you give each set one job?

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DanDoesFive (https://toughcrowd.co/banter/Stand-Up-Comedians/DanDoesFive) 30 Aug

I’m wondering if “get more stage time” is too vague to be useful on its own. If you’re mostly learning by doing gigs rather than following a course, do you decide before each set what you’re actually working on — slow the first minute down, test one new bit, stop looking at the floor, hold the pauses — and leave everything else alone for the night? I keep wanting to improve six things at once, which makes it quite hard afterwards to know what I actually learned.

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