The writer, or author, is the person(s) who actually wrote the story. The narrator, on the other hand, is usually a character involved in the plot. The story is described to the reader through their eyes.
For example, I'm going to write a story with two fictional characters Matt and David.
"Courageous Matt"
By: Zack (Me)
Hello. My name is David. All my life, from the first day of preschool to my very last day of college, I lived my life with a human shadow. My best friend Matt was by my side my entire life. We went to school together, hung out together, played together on our high school football team, graduated together from Duke University, and even lived together for a while after college. About two years after we graduated, Matt and I went our seperate ways. He moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a movie star and I moved to Detroit, Michigan, working as an engineer. We stayed in touch for the first few years, but soon we grew apart. One day, about 15 years after I had graduated from college, I was spending the day outside of my home playing with my children when my wife came out with the phone. "It's some man from Houston," she said, "He's asking for you." I took the phone, a bit confused, and said hello. "Hi, is this David Doe?" asked the man on the phone. "Yes," I responded, "who is this?" "My name is Richard Thompson. I'm a doctor at St. Tom's Hospital in Texas. Do you know a Matthew Cole?" For only a moment, I didn't know a Matthew Cole, because I had only known him as Matt. "Why yes, yes I do. He was my best friend all the way through college. Is there something wrong?" I asked. "Well Mr. Doe, I regret to inform you that Matthew has prostate cancer. We found it very late, unfortunately, and his chances of survival are not very high. He told us he had no living relatives but, when asked if there was anyone he would want to see, he listed only your name." I stayed on the phone with the doctor for quite some while, as he told me about Matt's condition and his chances of survival. When I finally hung up, I looked to my wife and said, "Honey, I'm going to have to go to Texas."
My name is David Doe and this is the story of one Matthew Cole, my lifelong friend, and his courageous battle with prostate cancer."
Okay, that's sort of a long example, sorry about that, but I think it is a good example. Although I wrote the story, it is clear that the story is being told by the fictional character "David Doe," as he is describing a bit of his life and the day he found out about "Matthew Cole's" terrible situation. Since the story is being told through his eyes, "David Doe" is the NARRATOR of the story. Since I, Zack, wrote the story, I am the WRITER of the story, or AUTHOR.
2007-01-14 13:17:33
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answer #1
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answered by Ace 4
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The narrator can be any character in a story--or the author himself--whose point of view is to tell a series of events. For example, Charles Dickens wrote "Great Expectations" but the character Pip is used to tell the tale. Excerpt:
"MY father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip."
2007-01-14 20:48:57
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answer #4
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answered by Mika 2
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