The Real Reason You Keep Stalling on Your Book (and How to Break the Cycle)

Welcome to Kingdom Writers, where we help equip and empower Christian writers of all genres to share your unique gifts with the world. We're your hosts, C.J. and Shelley Hitz.

This podcast is filled with spiritual encouragement as well as prayers to help you overcome the resistance you face as a writer. Your story matters.

If you've ever started writing your book but didn't finish, this video is for you. Hi, my name is Shelly Hitz. I'm the founder of Christian Book Academy, a membership where we help Christian writers to take a step of faith and finally finish their book without the overwhelmed guilt or constant starting and stopping. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever opened your laptop and stared at your screen and just thought, why can't I finish this book? You were excited when you started. God gave you the idea, maybe even the title and a few chapters, and then life got busy or discouragement set in and you start to wonder, am I really called to write this book? Is this something I really am supposed to do? And I want to tell you that you're not alone. And stopping and starting does not disqualify you. It makes you a normal writer. It's something that all creatives struggle with. And it may mean that you just need to have the right support and process in place to finish. I've mentored thousands of writers, many who are in the same exact place that you are right now, starting, installing, and never getting a book done. And honestly, the guilt of not finishing makes it harder to even try again. I was actually talking to someone today about that very thing. She said she feels like a failure. And yet you're not a failure.

You.

You are just on the journey. And you may need a proven path, one that helps you write your book in 15 minutes a day, or that provides a community that surrounds you and holds you up when your own motivation wears thin. So, like Jackie, she wanted to write a book for years. And when she joined Christian Book Academy, she fully embraced the write in 15 minutes a day concept. And while working full time, she has finished six books and has many more in the process. Or Tanisia, who struggled to write her book on her own for five years. And once she joined Christian Book Academy, she published her book within three months and now it is out there impacting lives. Or Lois, who had thought for years she needed to write a full memoir, this huge autobiography, and when she finally realized that she could share with one part of her story in a tiny testimony book, it changed everything for her. And she not only published her book, but within her book Launch, she sold 100 books and readers started emailing and contacting her, letting her know how much it had impacted their life. So these writers didn't suddenly become more disciplined, they just finally had a support system that worked. So that's what we've built Inside Christian Book Academy. A clear roadmap so you're never wondering what to do next. 15 minute a day writing rhythms so you can finish your book without having to change your whole life. Weekly progress pods that are peer led that meet every week so that you never have to write alone again and monthly retreats, challenges and coaching calls to keep you moving forward. You don't need to figure it out alone, you just need to take the next tiny step and I'd love to walk that journey with you. So if you started and stopped before, I want you to hear this. God is not finished with your message. There is more for you Kingdom writer and he's inviting you to partner with him in a new way as you write this book. So Click the link ChristianBookAcademy.com to join us and let's finish what God started in you together. If you're ready to take a step.

Of faith and finally finish your book, we have a few ways we can help you. First of all, you can join our free Writing Week challenge to create a writing habit in just 15 minutes a day. Thousands of writers have taken this over the years and it is incredible the progress that you'll see. So join us@writingweek.com and again, this is completely free Inside our Book Writing Lab workshop. You can choose your book topic, write an outline and create a writing plan in just 90 minutes so you'll finally feel confident that you'll actually finish your book. Get started@bookwritinglab.com and finally you can get more support and personalized feedback from myself and our team by joining Christian Book Academy because the honest truth is most writers stay stuck and never finish their first draft. But inside Christian Book Academy we help you partner with God to write your book. So can you so you can become a published author.

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Thank you for listening to this episode of Kingdom Writers. We believe that you, as a Christian writer, have a specific role to play in the Kingdom of Heaven to impact lives for eternity.

And because of this, we choose to pour out our lives into encouraging writers like you to to not only tell your stories, but to take the courageous step of self publishing your stories in books that will outlive you and leave behind a powerful legacy. This podcast is sponsored by Christian Book Academy, where we help you give birth to your books. We invite you to join our community of Kingdom Writers.