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Killing your darlings

The practice of cutting out work you love—a sentence, a scene, an image—because it weakens the whole. This act teaches that sentiment cannot guide editing decisions; only the integrity of the entire piece can, and sometimes excellence requires ruthlessness toward your own creation.

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