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The end of the How to Write a Children's Book Series
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DAY SEVEN - FINALIZING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
This is it.
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Day Six - RESTING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
Let your book rest for at least one day.
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Day Five - Drafting Chapter 30 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
PHONE-A-FRIEND
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Day Five - Drafting Chapter 28 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
RECORD AND LISTEN
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Day Five - Drafting Chapter 26 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
I may have tricked you.
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Day Four - Mapping Chapters 24 & 25 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
Mapping is the stage in which your book begins to take its actual form.
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Day Three - Summarizing Continued...Again, Chapters 22 & 23 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
SPILL TWO
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Day Three - Summarizing Continued Chapters 19 to 21 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
Spill One
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Day Three - Summarizing Chapter 18 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
The summarization step happens in three smaller steps.
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DAY TWO - Last Mining Session Chapters 15,16, 17 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
CLEAR YOUR SPACE OF DISTRACTIONS
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DAY TWO - CONTINUED Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
CRITERIA
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