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# When you start getting longer spots, do you still time every bit separately?

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LeahTenMinutes (https://toughcrowd.co/banter/Stand-Up-Comedians/LeahTenMinutes) 29 Aug

I’ve started timing bits on their own as well as the full set, mostly because “this is about three minutes” turns out to be a wildly optimistic unit of measurement once there are actual laughs and pauses. If you’re moving from fives towards tens, do you keep a rough time for each chunk so you know what can be cut, or does that make the set feel too engineered? I want enough control to lose two minutes cleanly without staring at my notes like I’m doing emergency surgery.

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