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Q&A How do readers/writers alike feel about too much narration in a story?

My question is pretty much summed up in the title. My story includes a lot of narration. Narrating events, narrating character's thoughts. There are several intervals in each chapter where the char...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by B.fox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:32:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/32034
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar B.fox‭ · 2019-12-08T07:32:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
My question is pretty much summed up in the title. My story includes a lot of narration. Narrating events, narrating character's thoughts. There are several intervals in each chapter where the characters engage dialogue, but most of the story telling is done through narration.  
How viable is this for writing an enjoyable story?  
Edit: just to clarify what "too much" means, there is generally more narration than actual dialogue.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-12-16T20:18:30Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3