Collecting Our Stories: Why Your Story Is Worth Telling

A short guide for LGBTQ+ writers considering fiction or nonfiction

You don’t need permission to tell your story.
You don’t need to know exactly where it’s going.
And you don’t need to justify why it matters.

Collecting Our Stories is a short, reflective guide for LGBTQ+ writers who feel drawn to a story—whether fictional or drawn from lived experience—and want to approach it with intention rather than urgency.

This guide isn’t about productivity or drafting. It’s about recognizing the value of your story before deciding how to tell it.

Inside the guide

• Why LGBTQ+ stories matter, even when they’re complex or unfinished

• Questions that help you recognize what kind of story is asking to be told

• Gentle prompts designed to spark curiosity and excitement

Read it in one sitting or return to it slowly. There’s nothing to complete.

This guide is for you if

• You feel the pull of a story but aren’t sure how to begin

• You write fiction, nonfiction, or something in between

• You want your work to feel meaningful without being rushed

This guide is not

• A workbook or writing challenge

• Productivity coaching

• Therapy or trauma processing

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