often it goes to a different place. you may see something, begin to write, and suddenly are in a different place. you think you have something to say and the narrative gets away. the narrative is a ghost story. you follow, noticing things you did not intend. as you lose your way you see that the story is unfolding in it's own way and you are in it, observing and telling what you see. you are the missing narrator. the story is missing, drawing you on, missing you.