It’s ok for the fish to keep getting bigger in your fishing story.
Why? Because the point isn’t really the size of the fish or the facts of the story, it’s to communicate the feeling and excitement of the story. The story is being told for entertainment!
So if the fish needs to be two feet instead of 12 inches in order to pass along the original excitement now in the retelling, so be it.
Is it more important that the audience know the actual, literal details of what happened, or that they experience what you experienced as the story was actually unfolding?
Because you’re telling a fish story to an audience and not a story about what you saw at the scene of a crime to the police…the fish can be as big as it needs to be in the moment.
If you will learn to communicate a FEELING as opposed to simply the FACTS, you will have a more compelling career here in the entertainment business.
p.s. I used to be a real stickler about not letting the fish get any bigger, whether it was my fish or your fish. But it turns out the fish being THIS BIG is actually a lot more fun. And that’s what fishing is all about.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com