001: How to Fix Everything That is Wrong with Your Book (Spoiler Alert! It Starts with Reminding Yourself What you Love About It) with Zahie El Kouri

Welcome to the very first episode of the Mindset to Finish Your Book. 

In this episode, I take you through step one of a four-step process that will help you finish your book (and fix everything that’s wrong with it). 

I’ll teach you about the origins of the 5 to 1 praise to criticism ratio in all healthy relationships and what that has to do with your relationship with your book. Plus I’ll share the questions I ask clients that make the creative process most fun, interesting, and generative.

We talk about:

• [1:50] Reframing your writing process
• [4:35] How is it normal to crave companionship during the creative process
• [7:25] Reframing criticism as neutral feedback 
• [9:20] Why you should not outsource your belief in your book 
• [10:05] Strategies for reminding yourself what you love about your book
• [12:30] Developing a relationship with your book

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Free workbook: https://sovereignstorytelling.com/workbook; www.mindsettofinishyourbook.org 

Connect with Zahie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sovereignstorytelling/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zahieelkouri/
• Work with me: https://sovereignstorytelling.com/work-with-me
• Website: https://sovereignstorytelling.com/

Find her online at mindsettofinishyourbook.org and on Instagram @sovereignstorytelling.

Chapters

• 0:00 MFYB_episode 1_edited
• 1:52 Marker - Reframing your writing process
• 4:35 Marker - Having companionship during the creative process
• 7:25 Marker - Using criticism as a positive
• 10:03 Marker - Reminding yourself what you love about your book
• 12:30 Marker - Developing a relationship to your book