Joseph Smith did not clash with his neighbors, other then to teach his doctrine. His neighbors and others in the state pushed him out for teaching his doctrine, so the church eventually moved to Utah, but not before Joseph was killed by a mob.
Storytelling is found in illiterate cultures, but not writing of an entire new doctrine. And besides, the book of Mormon was over 700 pages. Not something any average illiterate could come up with.
I knew he had a scribe. Oliver Cowdery. But I did not mean how the words were written. I meant how they were thought up.