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100 Days of Accountability To Come

Posted on February 16, 2019September 11, 2020 by Jami Fairleigh

For the past year, I've been mired in the misery of editing my book, or as the Twitter community likes to say, I #amediting. To break out of the miasma of editing despair, I decided to change tactics and Story...Read More

The Remarkable reMarkable

Posted on January 29, 2019January 26, 2021 by Jami Fairleigh

After typing "The End" for the first time, I sent the first draft of my book to Staples to have it printed. Hey, at over 110,000 words, it was way too much to try to squeeze out of our old...Read More

100 Days of…?

Posted on January 26, 2019September 10, 2020 by Jami Fairleigh

If you haven't been living under a rock, you've seen a number of your friends, peers, or family attempt a 100-day challenge. Some folks are good at it and others start strong and then...disappear? I got curious today about where...Read More

Revision Catharsis

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Jami Fairleigh

I'm having revision catharsis. I don't know if that's a thing in the real world but after a year of struggling to edit my novel I feel like I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, or...Read More

How the Story Grid Editing Method Almost Killed My Book

Posted on January 6, 2019January 13, 2019 by Jami Fairleigh

Last year, I decided that Editing is the worst part of writing. Writing 120,000 words into a believable tale took 1-3 hours a day for 80 days. Editing the same book took all year. Oh, wait, no, it's still not...Read More

Happy New Year?

Posted on January 2, 2019January 13, 2019 by Jami Fairleigh

So...it's been a while. To start the New Year right, I decided to write a quick "Holiday Letter" type of post to catch you up on what happened last year. So I logged into my site (it took a minute...Read More

Writing Advice from T.J. Allen

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

There's a lot of advice for writers out there, but much of it is magnanimously handed down from writers standing on the pinnacle of success. While I appreciate books such as Stephen King's On Writing and Anne Lamott's Bird by...Read More

Write for Who You Know

Posted on June 7, 2018October 15, 2021 by Jami Fairleigh

I was recently tasked with writing a short story intended for a reader I cared about. Someone who meant something to me. I found the assignment daunting. Who should I pick to write for? Should I pick my audience based...Read More

Spreadsheeting as a Dirty Word

Posted on May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

I’ve decided that spreadsheeting is a verb, a dirty, dirty verb. If like me, you’re using the Story Grid methodology to evaluate your writing, spreadsheeting may also be a swear word. I’m now officially one-third of the way through my...Read More

Story Grid Spreadsheeting: The Turning Point

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

What the heck is a Turning Point in Story Grid parlance? I struggled with this idea and spent more than an hour frowning at the spreadsheet Kim started and rereading Chapter 42 in the Story Grid. For good measure, I...Read More

Editing with the Story Grid Methodology: The first four steps

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

Like many of us, I’ve started and trunked a number of novels. Before I joined the 100 Day program, I’d never actually written “The End” and meant it. So there I was, pleased as punch, with a monster of a manuscript....Read More

Hurry Up and Wait

Posted on April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

I’m not fond of waiting. I believe most of my friends and family would agree that patience is not one of my innate talents. And it seems like writing is all about waiting. Right now, I’m waiting to hear back...Read More