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I was just watching/listening to Ben Stiller on Hot Ones, when Sean Evans asked him a question of whether test audiences were a force for good or a force for evil. Ben's answer was essentially that he likes them for comedies because you could hear when people laugh, and when they don't. But that the surveying of additional opinions afterwards were less useful.
This reminded me of an answer Brandon Sanderson gave in a recent interview on The Tim Ferriss Show where Brandon discussed how he used beta readers. He doesn't ask his beta readers to do grammatical editing etc. And, while he cares about catching continuities etc, the main thing he wants the readers to do is to tell him when they're enjoying it and when they're bored, etc.
Having written this, I guess it isn't actually that wild of a coincidence actually, but--I was struck by how two people working largely in two different mediums both reflect on a very similar need in their revision process.
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Why yes, I'm spending my Friday night learning about higher dimensional geometry for the purposes of D&D worldbuilding. Why? What do you do with your Fridays?
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Automated Archives for March, 7th 2025
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Chess For the Day
Record: 2-0-4
Net Elo Change: -12
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
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- March 7, 2021 (2 posts)
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