narratively

In a narrative manner: in the form of a story.

The book presents world history narratively.

In terms of narrative.

The film was technically superb but narratively muddled.

Bag of Bones is, hands down, [Stephen] King's most narratively subversive fiction. Whenever you're positive–just positive!–you know where this ghost story is heading, that's exactly when it gallops off in some jaw-dropping new direction.