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Kill Your Darlings

Another Random Thought

March 9, 2021 by michael@sirois.com
Picture of Michael at a NaNoWriMo event

“If sacrificing the many for the one isn’t logical, but sacrificing one for the many is, why must we writers murder so many of our darlings?” Michael Sirois, March 2021 Standard Disclaimer: Please post a comment below if you would like to. All comments are personally moderated by a grouchy old guy, though, so posts …

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