I think "tell you the story of" has a different connotation from "storytelling"!...

		schoen 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear cit... I think "tell you the story of" has a different connotation from "storytelling"! E.g. if you said someone was good at "storytelling" as a skill, then I would expect it to be most likely fictional. I agree that "tell you the story of..." could easily be nonfictional.