By being specific, storytellers can cultivate a universal understanding of an idea or concept.
In the past, I’ve explored how comic Kat William used specific jokes about Jacksonville in his special Great America to draw audience members in regardless of where they are from.
This tool—that of specificity—can be used in other ways than just localizing jokes…
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