TOPIC
AUTHOR
Close
Search
Close
Search
Close
Search
Close
Search
EVENTS
MEMBERS
LOGIN
SIGN UP
Quotes
Topics
Pictures
Questions
Authors
Blog
About
Terms
Privacy
Sitemap
Get in Touch
Advertise
Removal Request
Subscribe
Contact Us
Social
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Pinterest
Close
Submit Quote
Latest Quotes
Browse our latest quotes
Topic List
Categorized list of quote topics
Famous Authors
Alphabetical list of influential authors
Picture Quotes
Custom and user added quotes with pictures
Quotes
Questions
Submit Quote
Margaret Haddix Quotes & Sayings
click me
15 entries tagged including 4 subtopics.
Last updated Apr 2024
Margaret Haddix Topics
Flexibility
Freedom
Writing
QUOTES
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
2 Likes
Writing quotes
Freedom quotes
Flexibility quotes
Sponsored Links
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
1 Likes
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
1 Likes
Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.
Margaret Haddix
0 Likes
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
0 Likes
Sponsored Links
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
4 Likes
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
1 Likes
I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
Margaret Haddix
2 Likes
I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
Margaret Haddix
2 Likes
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
2 Likes
Sponsored Links
I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.
Margaret Haddix
0 Likes
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
1 Likes
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
15 Likes
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
2 Likes
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
0 Likes
1
TRENDING
TRENDING TOPICS
Apr 23
Backstabbing Friend
Best
Boys Suck
Celebrate Life
Compliments
Courage
Dark
Gay
Hospitals
Insanity
Long
Necessity
Negative
Protest
Secret
Single Mother
Treatment
Trifle
Troops
Trust
ABOUT
Terms
Privacy Policy
Removal Request
Sitemap
Contact Us
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to help you by delivering amazing quotes to bring inspiration, personal growth, love and happiness to your everyday life.
© 2024 SearchQuotes™