All of us writers know what this is, the sort of combination of words that all come together as a story.  A tale about anything, whether it is true or just plain fiction.

A story can be long, or it can be short.  It could be a magazine or newspaper article, or it could be what a child tells their mother or father when they get into trouble.

Come to think of it, I think that’s where I got an interest in writing stories, because as a child, I was always in trouble.

Of course, if you are telling certain types of stories, then it’s bound to be a lie.  And made even worse if it is gossip!

That story might even be my interpretation of events, and as it happens, no two stories may be the same, especially if I and others had witnessed the same event.

This is not to be confused with the other version, storey, which is a single level in a building, one that might have thirty or more stories.

And, just to add to the confusion, living in Brisbane in Australia, we have the Storey Bridge.