: Re: What are the things that only Stories can do? I've once heard in a youtube channel that only games could do things such as: getting the player into a flux state (something like getting into

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The lines blur. You concept of story can cover a bard like oral tradition, a parent reading a story to a child, an audio book that is a simple recitation of the story, a radio adaptation of a book with multiple actors and sound effects etc. A musical ballard has a strong story component. A book may be purely words, or may include pictures and maps.

The main advantage of a written story, from the creators point of view, is that the creative component can be done alone (or at least with less input from others than most other media). Flipping that, a reader gets a more direct relationship with the creator.

An illustration or similar artwork might also have the direct relationship, but is more focussed on one time and place, and has to rely on the audience to fill in a cause or consequences.

Edit to add.

Extending my answer, the one thing a story can do that other media cannot is an autobiography.

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