Paul Rosolie

He's like, cause I'll grab on and pull you under.

And I was like,

And then like four more people told me the same things.

I was like, okay.

Believe them.

So apparently on that river, they were all trying to be good Samaritans and warn me.

about the clear and present dangers involved with amorous dolphin encounters.

I do.

I do.

It depends because sometimes I want to sink in and flex a little bit, which I don't think people really enjoy, but I enjoy it.

you know, like talk about the, you know, just use all those flowery words and make these beautiful metaphors.

But what I'm finding more and more is that

it's modern readers aren't really looking for that.

They want easy read.

And that for my style of storytelling, people really enjoy and tend to thank me for more of an Anthony Bourdain style where you're like, so we found ourselves on the side of this river and we knew we were in danger.

The reason we were in danger.

And you just start telling the story and you know what?

Forget that.

Forget that.

Maybe once every two pages, you can throw in one of those beautiful little zingers, but it's like, no one wants to watch you flex.