Nathan Bransford - The Forums

You just need to make sure that your narration doesn't cause a false beginning to your story. As a reader, that can be annoying.

That's the first part what I tried to solve in the first round. That part is already shorter.

but I think it will benefit your story to tone him down a bit.

So true. It's requiring a little change here and there. Well. I hope the next edition will be better. :)

While I generally prefer the lack of an 'independent narrator' in a story, I definitely think there are cases were it can contribute a lot to the story that isn't possible without the use of the narrator. So while I can't directly pick one over the other in general, in my own writing I've never used a storyteller so I'd have to go with -1 in that case, although I plan to try it sooner or later.

there are cases were it can contribute a lot to the story that isn't possible without the use of the narrator.

Thanks for pointing this out. Although it's not impossible, just much harder. In my opinion everything can be presented with and also without a narrator. The basic tone and the atmosphere will be the difference.