A narration is a story, or sequence of events told through the perspective of a character, or a narrator. A narration may be told to the viewer, or to one or more characters in the scene. A narration does not need to provide a complete detailing or events, and may even be a partial description of an event, or sequence of events.

Not to be confused with

• story - The story tag mainly applies to illustration artwork as supplementary backstory. The narration tag is more appropriate for comics.

Identifying key concepts

- Descriptions of an event from the perspective of a character outside of the illustrated scene. The words are not attributed to anyone present in the scene.

Related tags

• comic
• inner_monologue - The most common narrative format used when telling a story to the viewer in the first person perspective.
• text_box - Narrative elements are traditionally captured within this type of text container.

See also

• tag_group:narrative_elements