#Narrator TMSA

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There is something so beautiful about writing characters whose entire purpose is to narrate the story. They never interact with the characters they're talking about, they just tell the story, sharing their own little interjections between moments.

My Narrator character in the story I'm writing (named Narrator for various lore reasons) is one of my favorite characters that I've ever written. All the little quirks in their speech patterns, the comments and interjections and side tangents, everything about them is incredible to me. However, one thing I love even more than writing about them is writing about those who have shaped them into who they are. Case in point: Raconteur. Specifically, this specific quote from Raconteur that I wrote in a short story about Narrator's experience becoming a narrator:

“I want my love for all the beauties of the world, big and small, to be felt. I want my appreciation for the full living experience to be heard. To change something is to be changed, and I wish for nothing more than to be changed. I wish for nothing more than to connect with the reader like they are my oldest friend, to show them the gorgeous worlds I have found, to feel whole through my stories but not empty without them.”

That quote is so perfect to me in so many ways. It really encapsulates the way I feel about my writing, while also being the crux of the way Narrator feels about their storytelling. This one quote from Raconteur turned Narrator's life around - it inspired them to cast aside a lot of the more 'technical' aspects of narration that they had been taught, and to embrace their audience while staying true to who they were.

Anyways I could talk about those two non-stop for the rest of my life,,,, not sure there was really a point to this ramble other than I LOVE character interactions so much!! Very much a character author instead of a worldbuilding one and it shows,,,,,,,