Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast with another classic episode, AM I CALLED TO WRITE? – a question that confronts and confuses many Christian writers. We discuss ways to discern calling and strategies to help us choose who we listen to as we decide the way forward.

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Episode summary:

• The value of partnering with God in our work, whatever it may be.
• Everyone’s story of how they got into writing is different.
• When the opinions of others about our writing might provide clarification, and the times when we should NOT listen to them.
• The value of community, and support from other writers.
• There will be times in your life that you don’t write, but it doesn’t mean you aren’t a writer – it’s a season.
• If you have a long-term yearning to write, it’s probably not a mistake.
• The story of Moses, who didn’t really find out that he’d fulfilled his calling until the end of the process.
• Writing vs other things we waste time on.
• The value of enjoying our writing.

Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast with this short series of classic episodes. Today, we go back to our discussion of TACKLING IMPOSTER SYNDROME – that feeling that we are maybe not very good writers and may also be letting God down. The problem with self-doubt is not so much how it makes us feel – although that does matter – but how it can deter us from following our calling as Gracewriters. We share some strategies that might help.

Don’t forget to like and subscribe to the podcast! And go to gracewriters.com for show notes, transcript, useful links and factsheets, and to connect with our online community.

Episode summary:

• What is imposter syndrome, and why does it affect creatives so much?
• Quotes from famous creatives showing that even “successful” people suffer from imposter syndrome
• Does it affect Christian writers? (Spoiler alert: yes!)
• The fear of not honouring God, or that perhaps we are not actually called to write
• How can we tackle imposter syndrome to stop it interfering with our calling as Gracewriters?
• The role of false concepts of other people’s apparent successes, as well as misunderstandings of the value of our own work
• The value of momentum and keeping going as a writer
• Giving ourselves permission to be ordinary at first, and expecting to develop across a writing career
• The value of prayer, meditation and focusing on God’s glory and His purposes for our writing, which may have little to do with worldly “success”

Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast by going back to the beginning… our very first episode, WHAT IS GRACEWRITING?, which continues to be one of our most popular. At this time in history, for some reason God seems to be moving in a new way among creatives, using us to reach places and people that might not be open to other forms of communication. Whether you’ve joined Gracewriters recently or been with us from the start, we hope you enjoy touching base with who we are and what we’re all about.

Don’t forget to like and subscribe to the podcast! And go to gracewriters.com for show notes, transcript, useful links and factsheets, and to connect with our online community.

Episode summary:

• How did Gracewriters begin, and what is Gracewriting?
• Changing the way Christians – and Jesus! – are portrayed and perceived in popular culture.
• How the idea for a Gracewriters Podcast developed, and the value of looking at the writing process, in fellowship, from a Christian perspective.
• How Belinda, Alison and Donita got involved in writing in the first place.
• Why we can sometimes find it hard to pray about our writing - worrying that we are "bothering God" - when in reality he loves to hear from us.
• The particular opportunities and difficulties for Christians who write for mainstream markets, and how we can work as a team.