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Brief Thoughts on the Picture-Book-from-H*ll Revision

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I give you two definitions:

Persist [per-sist] verb: To continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities

          -Dictionary.com

“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

          -Albert Einstein (Supposedly; I wasn’t there.)

And all I’m saying is that sometimes, with revision, it can feel like a pretty darned fine line.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins133991.html#CrccpM4TWOF60oOb.99

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Becky Levine is a children's book writer, working hard to strengthen her picture-books skills. She is the author of The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide, a book to help you get started with a critique group, learn to revise from a critique, and strengthen your own critiquing powers. She has also published two nonfiction children's books with Capstone Press. She is currently seeking representation. Becky lives in California's Santa Cruz mountains, where she spends a lot of time sitting on the couch, knitting needles in hand, thinking through the next revision. At her day job, she writes grants for a nonprofit healthcare organization.

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