This was a headline on the local Nashville news the other day.
“Man shot by roommate in critical condition.”
Ok, a couple things here.
It’s confusing. Who is/was in critical condition?
If a man X got shot by his roommate, and man X is now in critical condition…I’m not interested. We’ve seen and heard that story a million times.
However (and this is how I read the headline initially)…if, while in critical condition, a roommate shot a man…THAT sounds like a story worth hearing!
Turns out it was the first scenario. Boring.
What you say is important.
How you say it is important.
The way you say it and how you say it has everything to do with the way people hear it, and what they expect next.
And if you want to make a career in the entertainment business, it’s worth it to have all of those things line up with one another.
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