Dyan Sheldon – Killing Your Darlings

Publishers call it editing. Writers call it killing your darlings. As if you’re drowning kittens, or choosing which of your children to leave at the orphanage. Publishers call it editing. Writers call it killing your darlings. As if you’re drowning a litter of kittens, or choosing which of your children to leave at the door of the orphanage. Surely that’s a bit of an exaggeration? Not by much…

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