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Q&A How could the disregard for both plot and dialogue tell the story?

You can call the cat a minivan but you still can't drive it to Costco. A story is what a story is. If you create an object that has none of the characteristics of a story, it is not a story. You ...

posted 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Mark Baker‭ · 2020-03-21T12:01:16Z (over 4 years ago)
You can call the cat a minivan but you still can't drive it to Costco. 

A story is what a story is. If you create an object that has none of the characteristics of a story, it is not a story. You might consider it a literary work, given that it is a work made of words, but being a literary work does not make it a story. 

You can write what you like. Readers can read what they like. A story is still a story and a literary work without a plot is not a story.