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After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.
~ Margaret Haddix
After
Again
Agent
Anywhere
Draft
Editor
Few
Hours
Improvement
Months
More
Phase
Revised
Revision
Sand
Sent
Suggest
Take
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copy
Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd have a better perspective when I came back to it.
~ Margaret Haddix
Away
Back
Bad
Bad Stuff
Better
Came
Eventually
Figured
I Came
Just
Other
Perspective
Stuff
Times
Turns
Walked
Working
Writing
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Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.
~ Margaret Haddix
Aside
Back
Come
Draft
Eyes
Figure
Finish
First
Fresh
Generally
How
I Can
Improve
Months
Out
Read
Set
Then
While
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I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.
~ Margaret Haddix
Around
Describe
Exact
Feel
I Feel
I Feel Like
I Love
Like
Love
Picked
Playing
Right
Right Word
Trying
Whatever
Word
Words
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I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.
~ Margaret Haddix
Along
Fact
Go
Imaginative
Kids
Like
Me
Strange
Tales
Telling
Willing
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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.
~ Margaret Haddix
Actual
Books
Decided
Got
Job
Kid
Loved
Make
Make Up
Me
Much
Person
Read
Realized
Soon
Up
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I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
~ Margaret Haddix
Grade
Second
Started
Third
Trying
Write
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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
~ Margaret Haddix
Badly
Books
Even
General
I Think
Learned
Lot
Reading
Think
Written
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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
~ Margaret Haddix
Any
Best
Best Time
College
Enough
Face
Fun
Lists
Lucky
Read
Reading
Required
Still
Summer
Think
Time
Until
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I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait.
~ Margaret Haddix
Another
Be Patient
Before
Book
Done
Goes
Hard
I See
I Write
In Print
Months
Over
Patient
Period
Print
See
Wait
Write
Year
Years
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It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.
~ Margaret Haddix
About
Characters
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Flexibility
Freedom
Fun
Just
Make
Make Up
Much
Situations
So Much Fun
Story
Up
Want
Whatever
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Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.
~ Margaret Haddix
First
First Place
I Can
Long
Manuscript
Place
Sometimes
Spend
Spent
Writing
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The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon.
~ Margaret Haddix
Assignment
Away
Books
Come
Deadlines
Desk
Finished
Get
Interview
Interview Somebody
Landed
Longer
Lot
Much
Noon
Paper
Reporter
Right
Right Away
Somebody
Story
Times
Turn
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There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.
~ Margaret Haddix
About
Books
Cringe
Each
Over
Proud
Really
Something
design
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When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
~ Margaret Haddix
About
Also
Bad
Bad Thing
Badly
Being
Else
Fix
Flexibility
Freedom
Going
Me
No-One
Something
Thing
Writer
Writing
design
copy
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