When composing a narrative, writers think about how to organize the story they’re telling. “The story” refers to the actual events that are getting described -- “just the facts,” even if they’re fictional. “Narrative” refers to the way a writer orders and represents those events -- perhaps spending more time on one scene than the next, or representing the thoughts of a single character but only the actions of others. Writers also need to decide how to resolve the conflict in their story and how to end it. Resolution often comes at the end of a narrative, but not always.
