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# When a comedy book gives you an exercise, do you actually stop and do it?

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

I’m terrible for reading a useful exercise, thinking “that’s good”, then carrying on to the next chapter like I’ve somehow completed it by appreciating the concept. Has anyone had more luck treating craft books like workbooks — stop reading, use the exercise on one actual bit, then come back? Or does that kill the momentum and mean the book sits face-down for three weeks?

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