Story Groups

How to Write a Childhood Story

If we agree that joining a story group is a good fit for you, you’ll receive an invitation to submit a short written childhood story in advance.

Download the guide below to begin writing your childhood story.

You are more than one story.

Lee Warren

Download the Guide

BE SPECIFIC: A Guide to Writing Your Story offers gentle guidance as you begin to write a story about a childhood experience with kindness and curiosity. You do not need to respond to every prompt or move through the letters in order.

How to Write a Childhood Story Guide preview

What Happens in a Story Group?

Story Groups are limited to six participants who meet in person or online for an hour and forty-five minutes each week over eight weeks. Together, we’ll compassionately engage one another’s stories with kindness and curiosity. During each meeting, two members will be invited to read their childhood stories aloud to the group.

Together, we’ll explore how stories from the past continue to shape our relationships in the present and imagine new possibilities for the future—with greater freedom to be the people we were created to be and to experience the relationships we were meant for.