Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, picture books or erotica, religious or super-natural books, the one thing they all have in common is STORY. Even a non-fiction book needs to tell a STORY. If it doesn't tell a story, then it falls into the boring, only going to be read as a requirement, academic text book category. Sometimes writers get so caught up in telling the story that we lose sight of what STORY is really about. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines STORY as: 1. archaic a: history; to narrate or describe in story 2 : an account of incidents or events b : a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question c : anecdote ; especially : an amusing one 3. : a fictional narrative shorter than a novel; specifically : short story b : the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work 4: a widely circulated rumor 5: ...