I’m told skill in storytelling is a drawback (9)
I believe the answer is:
liability
'a drawback' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'i'm told skill' is the wordplay.
'i'm told' becomes 'li' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'skill' becomes 'ability' (I've seen this before).
'li'+'ability'='LIABILITY'
'in storytelling is' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for liability that I've seen before include "Financial obligation" , "Hindrance" , "Indebtedness" , "Millstone" , "Debt; drawback" .)