To me, story telling versus discussion is the difference between talking about the concrete details versus what the experience was like.
"I went shopping with friends. We went to the new Ikea store. I hadn't been there before. I didn't buy much and it was really crowded."
versus
"I went out with friends and mostly had a good time. We had fun at lunch before going to the new Ikea. At lunch we were laughing about the time we.... The new Ikea store was so crowded that I soon felt like I needed to get out of there. But I didn't want to tell my friends that the crowded store was making me feel panicky." .....
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