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84 Stages of KidLit Writer Insanity

84 Stages of KidLit Writer Insanity

September 29, 2017 General

If you’re here, you probably know what it’s like to have daydreams (and day-nightmares?) about brainstorming, writing, revising, querying, submitting, signing, selling, editing, and publishing your kidlit book. We’re pretty sure all you guys can relate to these stages of kidlit writer insanity…
 

1. The Idea

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2. Daydreaming

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3. Brainstorming

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4. Trying to find writing tips on the internet

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5. Outlining?

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6. Pantsing?

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7. Starting

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8. Discovering your characters

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9. Discovering your world

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10. Hitting the first rut

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11. Pushing through

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12. Solving the problem

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13. Hitting another rut

Know Your Meme

 

14. Hitting all the ruts

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15. Emerging with your first draft

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16. Re-reading your first draft

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17. Realizing your first draft is terrible

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18. Trying to find revision tips on the internet

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19. Just going for it

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20. Actual revising

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21. Mid-way through revising crisis

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22. Emerging with your second draft

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23. Re-reading your second draft

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24. Realizing you can’t do this alone

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25. Finding a writing buddy or beta reader

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26. Giving them your manuscript

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27. Waiting for feedback

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28. Receiving feedback

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29. Revising again

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30. Inevitable identity crisis

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31. Emerging with a decent third/fourth/fifth/twentieth draft

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32. Researching agents

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33. Preparing your query letter

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34. Hating your query letter

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35. Coming to terms with your query letter

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36. Sending your first query

Percy Jackson

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37. Waiting for replies

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38. Receiving a form rejection (or fifty)

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39. Receiving a personalized rejection (or fifty)

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40. Getting a request for a partial

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41. Getting a request for a full

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42. Getting an offer from an agent

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43. Signing with an agent

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44. Receiving your first agent editorial letter

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45. Another identity crisis

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46. Revising again

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47. Being told it’s ready for submission

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48. Waiting for your agent to send it out

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49. Waiting for news from your agent

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50. Hearing it’s creating interest

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51. Hearing some people have passed

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52. Talking with an interested editor

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53. Getting an offer of publication

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54. Stalking the publisher

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55. Signing the contract

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56. Waiting for your first editorial letter

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57. Receiving your first editorial letter

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58. Panic

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59. Revising with your editor

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60. Having an agent and an editor in your corner

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61. Inevitable major editing crisis

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62. Turning over your revised edition

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63. Waiting

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64. Copy-editing

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65. Waiting

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66. Getting your first cover art

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67. Waiting

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68. Receiving a proof copy

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69. Waiting

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70. Proofreading

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71. Waiting

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72. Getting your final cover art

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73. Waiting

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74. Coming up with a publicity plan

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75. Hearing people respond to their ARCs

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76. Starting on Book 2 while Book 1 isn’t even out

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77. Your family asking a thousand times why publishing takes so long

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78. Finalizing your launch party plans

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79. Launch party night

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80. Seeing your book on the shelf for the first time

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81. School and bookstore visits

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82. The debut high

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83. Remembering Book 2

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84. Getting on with your writing career

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Which level of insane are you at currently? Leave a comment and tell us!

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