how to create a story in Jira's interface of the moment, March 7th of 2018

1. Click the "Create" button at the top nav. It should be there no matter where you are.
2. A modal will appear. You may need to set "Issue Type" to explicitly be Story instead of Bug, Task or Epic. Fill out the fields as best as you can* and then click the "Create" button at the bottom of the modal.
3. Click on the "Issues" icon at the left. It looks like a magnifying glass by some horizontal lines. It should take you to a list of open issues and hopefully you'll see the thing you just created there.

*The "Reporter" field is going to advertise you as the reporter, the creator. There does not seem to be a way to reassign this field.