There will be a narrative germ at or near the start (as it might be, "Tell story of Thatcher boom years from the inside"), but the shaping of the story comes last in the planning, and it's only when I've got that clear that I'll actually start writing (though by that stage I will probably have hundreds of pages of notes, thousands of accumulated details to be worked in).
"There will be a narrative in the collections," says Sol Faquier from Muro.exe's team.
The past, the future, and even the present are unclear, but soon there will be a dominant narrative of these times, which will make it more difficult to remember those uncertainties.
When (and I should say "if," but it's likely "when") this deal with Video Egg is announced, they'll be all smiles, there will be a great narrative about why the two make sense together and maybe they do.
What's clear is that there will be a jostle for narratives.
For each night's program, there will be a heavy emphasis on narrative flow and emotional crescendo: "Most of the lighthearted moments are early in the evening, and the evenings will build," Mr. Schriefer said.
So there will be a duel over the accepted narrative of the young Florida senator's life, and Romney and his advisers will get to see how it plays out before making any decisions about a vice presidential nominee.
The rising Africa narrative suggests that there will be a 4.7% growth rate in African economies in 2014, but while this offers opportunities to rural farmers, they often struggle to meet growing demands and find themselves at a disadvantage due to high costs, and low bargaining power.
But if Republicans take over Congress, there will be an objective basis for this narrative.
The title might serve as a warning that there will be no narrative convergence; nothing, however, prepares the reader for the lack of narrative coherence.
There will be narrative holes, inconsistencies and contradictions; don't get hung up on these.
