There are so many ways to tell a story.
You might write it exactly as you would Prisoners of our own web tell it to your friends, in a stream of consciousness. You might write it from your own perspective, using “I” as your pronoun, in the first person. You may use second person perspective, using “you,” or third person, when you are an outside observer of people’s story.
Many novels are typically written in the third person, whereas most people tell their stories to their friends in the first person, and give advice in the second person point of view.
Then there is the “tone” or “voice” of the story. Is this strict and formal, is it conversational and informal, is it more of a factual reporter’s tone or a fable/story? There are so many ways to tell a story!
I sometimes get too reporter-like and just casually report the facts of a story, which is not the most interesting thing to read! I often have to stop and think about what