Doug Johnstone – Killing Your Darlings

When I’m in editing mode I almost can’t read other writers’ work, because everything feels overwritten. I can’t stop my internal editor adding imaginary comments. When I’m in editing mode I almost can’t read other writers’ work, because everything feels overwritten. I can’t stop my internal editor adding imaginary comments in the margins. A lot of published novels really could have done with killing those darlings.

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