I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.
The truth is lived, not taught.
I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.
If I've vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.
We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it leaves us unfed.
I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.
Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.
People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.
Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'