Kill your darlings


“in writing, you must kill your darlings.” –william faulkner

this literary advice refers to the dangers of an author using personal favorite elements. while these may hold special meaning for the author, they can cause readers to roll their eyes for reasons such as:

-purple prose
-narm
-egregious overuse of a word or phrase
did he seriously just use the word “egregious” up there? dude, kill your darlings.

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