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Margaret Haddix
American
Author
Born:
Apr 19
,
1964
About
Books
Draft
Me
Think
Writing
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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
Margaret Haddix
Reading
Think
Books
General
Written
Badly
Learned
Lot
Even
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
Me
Job
Books
Kid
Soon
Make
Read
Make Up
Got
Up
Person
Loved
Decided
Realized
Much
Actual
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
Freedom
Whatever
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Characters
About
Make
Make Up
Up
Situations
Just
So Much Fun
Want
Story
Much
Flexibility
Fun
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
Love
Words
Word
Whatever
Right Word
Exact
Picked
Feel
Like
Around
Trying
Describe
Right
Playing
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
Eyes
First
Back
Months
Out
Finish
Generally
Come
Read
Fresh
How
Improve
While
Aside
Then
Figure
Draft
Set
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
Few
Months
More
Take
Hours
Editor
Revised
Revision
Improvement
After
Anywhere
Again
Sent
Sand
Agent
Phase
Draft
Suggest
I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
Margaret Haddix
Write
Trying
Grade
Second
Started
Third
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