Do you come across real events that you are sure would be regarded as seriously preposterous if you wrote them into a story?
The recent example that set this off in my head goes as follows: bikini-babe off-duty police officer chases down a thief and holds him until back-up arrives. It sounds like trashy Hollywood bollocks.
Would you put something like that in a story and expect people to treat it as anything other than a bit of Baywatch-inspired trash?
Except it's on the BBC news site, and this is July not April 1. Bikini-clad Swedish policewoman 'stops thief' - BBC News
Maybe I'm just strange, but I find myself taking it as a personal affront that reality comes up with stuff that feels too ridiculous to go in a story.
The recent example that set this off in my head goes as follows: bikini-babe off-duty police officer chases down a thief and holds him until back-up arrives. It sounds like trashy Hollywood bollocks.
Would you put something like that in a story and expect people to treat it as anything other than a bit of Baywatch-inspired trash?
Except it's on the BBC news site, and this is July not April 1. Bikini-clad Swedish policewoman 'stops thief' - BBC News
Maybe I'm just strange, but I find myself taking it as a personal affront that reality comes up with stuff that feels too ridiculous to go in a story.