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Margaret Haddix

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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


#again #agent #anywhere #draft #editor

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


#back #bad #bad stuff #better #came

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


#back #come #draft #eyes #figure

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


#describe #exact #feel #i #i feel

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.


— Margaret Haddix


#fact #go #i #imaginative #kids

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


#books #decided #got #i #job

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.


— Margaret Haddix


#i #second #started #third #trying

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.


— Margaret Haddix


#books #even #general #i #i think

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


#best #best time #college #enough #face

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


#be patient #before #book #done #goes






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