What is a story?

A story is something that can be told in many ways, and can be realistic, made up from your imagination or even both. The key to a good story is presenting it in a way to keep your reader(s), or whomever you may be telling it to interested. By drawing their attention, most of the time you have to have elements in the story so that the reader(s) can visualize it, and see what you are telling them. You do not want your story to be dull, or boring so voice is an important thing to a story as well.