Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Importance of Narrative

Narrative is the structure of a story.  It is important because without structure the story is incomprehensible.  The narrative tells us what happened in a story, who did what, why they did it, and what happened because they did it.  without narrative we would have stories that make no sense, they would just be a collection of words without any meaning.


Narrative is important but it could not work without the proper structure.  The goal of a story is to tell your audience something in a way that is easy to understand.  It is easier to reach an audience when the story told is orderly and chronological.  It is also important to know the audience, to know their culture, and to know the time frame that they live in or grew up in.  People see things differently from one another based on their upbringing, their religion, and their own life experiences.  Knowing who the audience is can make a drastic difference in the writer's ability to connect with them.

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