the structure | do you have a story, really?
a real story needs at least
- someone
- doing something
- with one clear objective and/or problem
And that’s the short version ;-) The long and complete list:
a real story needs
- central character with motivation and specific characteristics
- action (a plot)
- main problem
- outcome
- judgement
- narrator
- frame
for more details on concepts of a story see – for example –: