Editing Story within a story (section)

=== Frame stories in music ===
In ''[[The Amory Wars]]'', a tale told through the music of [[Coheed and Cambria]], tells a story for the first two albums but reveals that the story is being actively written by a character called the Writer in the third. During the album, the Writer delves into his own story and kills one of the characters, much to the dismay of the main character.

The critically acclaimed [[Beatles]] album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' is presented as a stage show by the fictional eponymous band, and one of its songs, "A Day in the Life", is in the form of a story within a dream. Similarly, the [[Fugees]] album [[The Score (Fugees album)|''The Score'']] is presented as the soundtrack to a fictional film, as are several other notable [[concept albums]], while [[Wyclef Jean]]'s ''[[Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival|The Carnival]]'' is presented as testimony at a trial. The majority of [[Ayreon]]'s albums outline a sprawling, loosely interconnected science fiction narrative, as do the albums of [[Janelle Monae]].

On [[Tom Waits]]'s concept album [[Alice (Tom Waits album)|''Alice'']] (consisting of music he wrote for the musical of the same name), most of the songs are (very) loosely inspired by both ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', and the book's real-life author, [[Lewis Carroll]], and inspiration [[Alice Liddell]]. The song "Poor Edward", however, is presented as a story told by a narrator about [[Edward Mordrake]], and the song "Fish and Bird" is presented as a retold story that the narrator heard from a sailor.