Sometimes this works to her disadvantage, when the powerful story she has to tell requires a more objective view of the scene.

No, I think it is true that some stories simply require a greater space in which to be told.

My story requires that I should be somewhat minute.

Additional cast members are chosen from children in the audience, who are brought up on stage as the story requires.

"The story requires conversation, dramatic action, and magnetic personalities in its leading roles."

In the end, every story required a cognitive leap.

Daniel has one small failing: marriage scares him, though for no reason more special than that the story requires it.

(Both stories require two hits to read the whole thing.)

Did the stories require much or little or, in fact, none at all?

In contrast, these three new stories required only two each, a rough and a final version.