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Killing Your Darlins is Not Enough

By Gabriela Pereira via Writer Unboxed

At some point in your life as a writer, you’ve probably had someone tell you to “kill your darlings.” In fact, this phrase is used so often in writing groups and workshops that—like its cousin “show, don’t tell”—”kill your darlings” has become one of the favorite clichés of the critique repertoire.

But do we really understand what “kill your darlings” means?

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1. Killing Your Darlings is Not Enough http://ow.ly/jC7FT via Writer Unboxed
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3. How flipping elements of a flipped idea results in new ideas http://ow.ly/jC75p
4. But . . . I didn't mean to disappear! Three ways back into the author marketing game http://ow.ly/jC79p by Deborah Riley-Magnus
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7. Five Blogging Tips for Indie Authors http://ow.ly/jC7uL
8. Author As Innovator: The Future of Publishing is Story, Not Technology: http://t.co/rubOsz4DYz @DanBlank RT @elizabethscraig
9. Science Fiction Romance – A Niche Before Its Time? http://t.co/aj7K2nNdgC @AmazingStories0 RT @elizabethscraig
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11. It's Okay to Take a Break From Writing (or Blogging) http://ow.ly/jCFqH via @Janice_Hardy
12. Why Critiquing Others Helps You: http://t.co/KGAmm0vdks @Ava_Jae RT @elizabethscraig
13. Gifting Your Professional Network w/ Amazon eBooks http://ow.ly/jCFHN RT @elizabethscraig
14. Your Guide to 11 Kinds of WordPress Blog Pages http://ow.ly/jCUhx via @jfbookman
15. 30 Terrible Pieces of Social Media Advice You Should Ignore http://ow.ly/jCUvJ via @HubSpot
16. 10 ways to find reviewers for your self-published book http://ow.ly/jCUHD via @EmptyMirror
17. Email List - 10 Giveaway Freebies to Get Readers to Opt-in http://ow.ly/jCVdZ via Writers on the Move
18. 8 Keys to Self-Publishing Success Today http://ow.ly/jCVE5 via @jfbookman 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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