Frequently Asked Questions

Think of it like a menu, not a one-size-fits-all meal plan. 🍽️ You might just need a one-time session to break through a roadblock, an ongoing rhythm of support to keep momentum steady, or a focused sprint where we push hard toward a specific milestone. It's all about matching the pace and collaboration style that fits you.

👉 To find your fit, let's start with a free Discovery Session.

SkillStory has 12 steps, but the timeline depends on you. Some leaders whip through quickly and are ready to move to the next steps in just a few weeks. Others take more time, either because they want deeper feedback or because life gets busy. ⏰

The pace also depends on how detailed you want your Skill Map before jumping into creation. The good news? However fast or slow you go, you’re never wandering blind — you’ve always got a clear next step.

Technically? No. You can just dive into writing that book or planning that retreat workshop. But here’s the catch: without development, you’ll usually create the most obvious, surface-level version of your ideas. Our brains are wired to default to the most obvious answers and clichés if we don’t slow down and dig deeper.

🥱 Your audience doesn’t need another round of platitudes — they need something practical, skill-based, and insightful. Development is what takes your message from “heard it before” to “this changes everything!”

That's literally what the SkillStorySystem is built for. 🙌 Instead of chasing every shiny idea, SkillStory helps you choose one project, clarify the transformation you’re leading, and build it out step by step. Consider it your “anti-chaos” tool.

That’s great! 🌱 Bring your sermons, outlines, notes, or half-drafted book babies. SkillStory helps you refine, reorganize, and shape them into something structured, powerful, and transformation-focused. I like to think of existing work as a garden — we’ll pull the best pieces you’ve already grown and plant them into a new and improved structure.

Nope. 📢 Whether you’re a pastor writing sermons, an influencer creating courses, or a leader planning workshops, the SkillStory System works. If your heart is to help people actually become more like Christ — not just nod politely at your words — this is for you. SkillStory helps you organize, brainstorm, and shape your ideas so you can impact the people you feel called to help.

Right at the front. Most authors skip development and rush into a first draft. Then they land in developmental edits with a manuscript that’s messy, shallow, or all over the place. Cue endless revisions. 🥴

With SkillStory, you invest that time before the draft, so you end up with cleaner writing, fewer rounds of rewrites, and a stronger book from day one. Instead of revising in a vacuum, you’re collaborating with me to build something solid.

Absolutely! Most ghostwriters work with you to create an outline, then interview you for the content they’ll shape into chapters. Building a Skill Map first not only makes their job much easier, but it ensures the end product reflects your vision. It gives you space to organize and reorganize your ideas until you’re confident in the flow.

Without it, you risk handing a ghostwriter half-baked direction, only to want major developmental changes later — which costs time and money. That’s why book mapping is such a valuable step in the process.

Courses do such a tremendous job of teaching people real skills! Some of my clients plan to write a book first, then turn it into a course. Others plan to develop the course first and see if a book or retreat might follow. 

No matter which route you plan to take, the SkillStory System is going to help you create robust, transformational content that can be used in a book, course, sermon series, podcast, and MORE!

Because Jesus never promised us popularity — He promised transformation. 💥 The world wants polished appearances. We’re after Kingdom impact. Around here, we don’t just say things that sound good; we build content that does good.

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