Questions for $700 Level

NAME(Required)

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BEST EMAIL(Required)

PHONE

MAILING ADDRESS(Required)

Give me a quick snapshot of what brings you to coaching - what are you most needing help with?(Required)

Tell me about your project. What’s the genre and Big Idea in a few sentences. It’s okay if this feels hard or vulnerable, that’s what I’m here for. (Required)

What are your desires for your project? How do you want your writing to serve you? Do you have publishing goals? How about money or business goals?(Required)

What do you most want out of your coaching experience with me? What’s your biggest dream? What’s your bottom line must-have?(Required)

Do you have a deadline of any kind?(Required)

What kind of platform do you have now? Email list? (Required)

What are your professional background and affiliations? Just a rough sketch is great.(Required)

Where are you in the writing process? (Required)

What gives you the most satisfaction in your writing process and in your writing life? (Required)

What are your biggest roadblocks or challenges with your project?(Required)

Why are you the best person to write what you want to write? What unique experiences do you bring? What are you passionate or pissed off about?(Required)

Have you shared your writing on this or related topics? At conferences, on social media, published or shared with clients or customers? Share links if you have any.(Required)

Have you worked with another book coach or editor? How was that experience?(Required)

How do you like to be coached? What helps you learn? What shuts you down?(Required)

Look at your life’s commitments over the next three months. How much time do you have per week to devote to writing? What else is scheduled?(Required)

Please share a 5 to 10-page sample of your project with me via an attached Word doc, Times Roman 12 point double spaced. Thank you so much! So excited to support you and be in your corner!(Required)

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So excited to support you again! I want to get a snapshot of where you are in your project so please tell me as much as you can. My working title: WHAT I DESIRE FROM THIS PROJECT INCLUDES…(Required)

What do you want this project to do for you? Grow your biz, elevate your thought leadership, clarify your body of work? And how do you want to grow as a person? A leader? A writer?

MY BOOK’S BIG IDEA Is…(Required)

Try to write it in two sentences. See if you can write something that is transformational when your just right reader hears it. 1. The Big Idea behind The Upside of Stress is stress doesn’t have to be bad for you. In fact, it could make you happier and healthier if you change your mind about it. 2. The Big Idea behind Buddha’s Brain is you can change your brain to be like the brain of the Buddha and other great teachers. 3. The Big Idea behind Why Bother? is it’s a normal feeling and the way out is to feel desire again. 4. The Big Idea behind Caste is there is a hidden caste system in America that shapes our systems and behavior, creating horrible inequality and suffering

WHAT DOES MY READER WANT?(Required)

As it pertains to your subject matter or expertise? Try to use their words to describe what they are searching for. How to lead a team when they don’t want to be a leader? How to get their kids to sleep? How to talk about their service based business so people will hire them?

WHAT DOES MY READER WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO DIFFERENTLY OR UNDERSTAND AFTER READING MY BOOK?(Required)

What will they know how to do or what will they understand when they read the very last page?

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST FEARS & OBSTACLES KEEPING MY READER FROM ACHIEVING WHAT THEY WANT?(Required)

For Why Bother? my reader fears they would never feel passion or desire again, that part or all of their life would be a slog or at best feel comfortable, that they had somehow taken a wrong turn or made such a mistake or were so ill they could never care and feel that surge of interest and joy again.

WHAT IS THE PROMISE OF YOUR BOOK? HOW DOES MY BOOK HELP MMY READER OVERCOME THEIR FEARS & OBSTACLES AND DELIVER ON MY BIG IDEA?(Required)

A promise is your Big Idea brought to life. In Why Bother? I promise you will rediscover desire. In The Upside of Stress, Kelly promises you a whole new way to look at and approach stress that can make you healthier and happier. What’s your promise?

WHAT ARE 5-6 COMPARABLE TITLES THAT YOUR READER MAY HAVE READ?(Required)

What will be around your book in the bookstore or on Amazon? What is the eco-systsem of your book?

I AM THE BEST PERSON TO WRITE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE…(Required)

GIVE ME A LITTLE PROGRESS REPORT -- HOW MUCH HAVE YOU WRITTEN ON YOUR BOOK? WHERE ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS?(Required)

WHAT DO YOU MOST WANT OUT OF YOUR COACHING EXPERIENCE WITH ME? WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST DREAM? WHAT’S YOUR BOTTOM LINE MUST-HAVE?(Required)

DO YOU HAVE A DEADLINE OF ANY KIND?(Required)

DEADLINES GIVE OUR PROJECTS SHAPE.

ARE YOU DOING ANY PLATFORM BUILDING OR OUTREACH FOR THE BOOK?(Required)

If so, tell me all about it. If not, tell me why not.

WHAT’S BEEN YOUR BIGGEST WRITING WIN IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS?(Required)

WHAT IS YOUR WRITING PROCESS LIKE THESE DAYS? HOW OFTEN ARE YOU WRITING? WHAT PART OF YOUR PROCESS FEELS GOOD? WHERE ARE YOU GETTING STUCK, IF AT ALL?(Required)

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES YOU TO MENTION?(Required)

So happy to be reconnected!

Hugs,

Jen

Thank you for your honest answers!

I will hold them close to my heart. I so look forward to our session. I ask that you be well-rested, present, and not interrupted for our time together. Please turn off all email and other notifications. See you on Zoom!

Questions for $700 Level

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