A story is a text describing a sequence of events:

• A narrative, more specifically:
  • A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
    • Novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
    • Short story or a novella
    • Frame tale, a narrative technique
    • Fable, fairy tale or tall tale
    • Play, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters
    • Anecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident
  • Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child
  • Urban legend, sometimes called Whale Tumour Story (WTS) in the UK
• Plot, the storyline holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies)
• An essay or news article, in journalism slang
• Organization story, in organization studies, is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed
• User story is a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programming
• A depiction of history
• Soap opera television programs, in older American slang, were called “story” (eg., “I’ll talk to you later, Billybob; my stories are on.”)

Other uses

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• A floor of a building is also called a story or storey
• Stories (band), an American rock group formed by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown of The Left Banke

People:

• Joseph Story, an American jurist

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I Write Six-word Short Stories | An Anonymous Group with Personal... http://tinyurl.com/ygpv3fy
deannaifsx5 (Deanna Foster) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:29:14 -0000
I Write Six-word Short Stories | An Anonymous Group with Personal... http://tinyurl.com/ygpv3fy
@kendrajaderossi btw, doesn't seem fair only 3 chosen when you all shared ur personal stories. I know I wanted to see each of ur follow ups.
lovebellaluna (Bella Luna) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:36 -0000
@kendrajaderossi btw, doesn't seem fair only 3 chosen when you all shared ur personal stories. I know I wanted to see each of ur follow ups.
I Practice My Left Hand | An Anonymous Group with Personal Stories... http://tinyurl.com/ykzwlfh
kerri_jgp (Kerri Huff) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:58:13 -0000
I Practice My Left Hand | An Anonymous Group with Personal Stories... http://tinyurl.com/ykzwlfh
@duncaninla I'm watching you all on Sex Rehab w/ @DrDrew thank you for sharing your personal stories, very touching and inspiring!
lovebellaluna (Bella Luna) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:41:18 -0000
@duncaninla I'm watching you all on Sex Rehab w/ @DrDrew thank you for sharing your personal stories, very touching and inspiring!
Golf Superstar Tiger Woods Hurt in Crash: ABC News Woods has been one of golf's great success stories. His personal... http://bit.ly/6dgDuX
MickeeBaker (Michael Baker) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:08:40 -0000
Golf Superstar Tiger Woods Hurt in Crash: ABC News Woods has been one of golf's great success stories. His personal... http://bit.ly/6dgDuX
More men need to share their stories like this. RT @jlmartin Patrick Stewart's personal essay about domestic violence http://bit.ly/5Jm0ty
CityLightsLondn (Teresa Tarasewicz) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:25:02 -0000
More men need to share their stories like this. RT @jlmartin Patrick Stewart's personal essay about domestic violence http://bit.ly/5Jm0ty

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