My teacher in the creative writing class told us that a story is usually a reaction to an event ... it is the reaction of the character that one tries to capture in a book... reaction to normal simple events such as being late for your class, or a broken heart, or a nasty boss....

And I thought to myself - that means that every human being is capable of recording his or her story... everybody has some struggle or the other in their lives .... and how one reacts to it pretty much sums up the story of that person... and that reaction leads to the growth of that person in life as well.....

does this make sense?