Sharing your story

A few years ago I attended a Book Fair near my home town. I had a stand with all my books on display and was thoroughly happy with the number of interested people who browsed. In the afternoon a lady came up to me, slightly nervous, but not as nervous as the man who stood some way behind her.
"My husband has written a book," she said. "He would like to get it published."
"That's marvelous," I gushed. "Would he like me to read it for comment?"
"Oh, no," she said. "He doesn't want anyone to read it."
"I beg your pardon?"
"No, he wants it published but he doesn't want anyone to read it."
Top marks if you can see the problem here.
The gentleman hadn't joined a writing group or had a beta-reader look through for errors like grammar, syntax, spelling, etc. Or even submitted it to a publishing house. But he wanted it published. 
Probably the first step to getting your story out there is to join a writing group of like-minded people, who want to learn how to write and want to share their stories. It is in such a group that you learn the technique of writing.  
Yes, you read that right. Writing has a technique that you can learn. Talent is another thing altogether, but you can learn to write just as you can learn to paint or play the piano.  What you do need is the desire to share your story, the persistence to keep going and the humility to accept there are always people who know more about it than you do.
A few years ago I was in a writing group when a man joined us. He had written thirty-six pages in a year of writing. (At that rate it would have taken him about 8 years to finish, but I didn't say so.) This particular gentleman came along, looked around (we were all in our sixties or seventies) probably assumed that he was there to show off his genius to a bunch of old biddies, and sat down. I'll give him that, he had talent. But he refused any comment or suggestion made that would have seen his work shine. He refused to learn.
Different from the gentleman who didn't want anyone to read his book, but neither would ever get published. 
We all have a story to tell, more than one perhaps.  Don't let your story languish under a bushel. Get moving, get writing and don't be afraid to show someone your work. And, for heaven's sake, be humble about it.