Narration requires mental attention from the first word to the last. The mind must sift and evaluate everything that was included in the material. What were the salient points, and what merely illustration? What is the order or organization of this material? In other words—Where do I start, and what comes next, and next, until I come to the end? Quite unconsciously, a narrator will often make use of the vocabulary or turn of phrase used by the author, thereby appropriating them for himself.
