When a client gives you chills — in a good way!
I'm very privileged to be working with a new client on an important book, the working title of which is The Time to Heal. To preserve her confidentiality regarding topic, I'll just say it's a groundbreaking work about a misunderstood illness.
As part of our workflow, we have a standing appointment for a weekly phone call check-in, during which we review our progress, address questions and issues, and set the schedule for the following week's work.
Today, just before we got off the phone, my client said, "There's one more thing I want to do before we hang up. I want you to take note of these 6 questions, because as we go through the process of writing this book, I want to keep these in mind at every stage." Her questions nearly brought me to tears:
What a thoughtful individual she is — and what a massively different world we'd live in if every author, writer, TV news commentator, blogger, social media user, individual would review these questions on a daily basis. My client's point was that although this will be a noteworthy book on what can be a terribly controversial issue, she wants her underlying purpose to be life-giving. Period.
Where can you apply these questions in your writing, work, and life?
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I invite you to do 3 things next:
Your thoughtful comments encouraged and appreciated.
As part of our workflow, we have a standing appointment for a weekly phone call check-in, during which we review our progress, address questions and issues, and set the schedule for the following week's work.
Today, just before we got off the phone, my client said, "There's one more thing I want to do before we hang up. I want you to take note of these 6 questions, because as we go through the process of writing this book, I want to keep these in mind at every stage." Her questions nearly brought me to tears:
- Is it true?
- Is it helpful?
- Is it kind?
- Is it clear and concise?
- What is healing about it?
- Who is healing from it?
What a thoughtful individual she is — and what a massively different world we'd live in if every author, writer, TV news commentator, blogger, social media user, individual would review these questions on a daily basis. My client's point was that although this will be a noteworthy book on what can be a terribly controversial issue, she wants her underlying purpose to be life-giving. Period.
Where can you apply these questions in your writing, work, and life?
____________
I invite you to do 3 things next:
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Your thoughtful comments encouraged and appreciated.
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. We have a mutual friend who is a one-genre kind of guy: thrillers. Tom Clancy, Jonathan Kellerman, Dean Koontz, and the like. But not Steve. I love visiting his townhouse, because it's like visiting a one-of-a-kind book shop that features only the newest and most interesting titles.
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, and all of David Baldacci's work (although, in my humble opinion, his earlier work was far superior to his more recent stuff).
