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My (Current) Editing Process

Posted on September 14, 2020September 29, 2020 by Jami Fairleigh

Like skinning a cat (who does that??) there are a lot of ways to edit your writing. To deepen my understanding, I've read the editing sections of writing handbooks with great interest. I've also read a few books devoted to...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