The problem with being a narrator is that everyone assumes you're omniscient. I suppose it's because you're the first voice the reader hears when they begin the story. You trust the teller of a tale to know certain things about what is going to happen. You're one describing who is present, who is not, and what sorts of clothing and madness is lurking about those who are there. But there's no training, no guild, no best-practices - it's why the first few stories you hear from a new narrator are always a bit scabby. The narrator hasn't learned to drop a few things, to skip a few details before they speak. Too, narrators are given the chance to be the voice of the story maker - but the narrators are hand-picked. That is to say, nothing external to the narrator tells the story maker that THIS is the best narrator they could have chosen. Most story makers simply stick with the first one they pick. As a result, they're stuck with the inadequacies,...
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