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Originally Posted by Anthony
If I replay the narrative of a game session to an uninvolved third party, without extensive editing, they will probably be bored and confused for at least 90% of the time, not entertained. That makes it not a story.
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It's like recounting a sporting event to someone who is not a fan of the participants, or even the sport. The storytelling has to get them to care, merely retelling what happened is insufficient.
OTOH, for fans of the participants or sport, a much lower degree of skill at retelling the story is required, as they already have an interest.
I recall the episode of Red Dwarf where Rimmer went into great detail on a game of Risk he played once, and when Lister asked high m how he remembered all the die rolls, he said it was because he kept a Risk journal ...