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- From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Subject: Re: kill your darlings
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.060642.28603@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:06:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.230713.2223@gacvx2.gac.edu> bthomas@dumaine.gac.edu (Barbara L Thomas) writes:
- >In article <BxF9p5.E2v@well.sf.ca.us> writes:
- >>
- >> a common screenplay saying is "kill your darlings," which means,
- >eliminate
- >> anything in your script that is not essential to the plot.
- >
- >"Killing Darlings" is one of the hardest things to do. No matter how much
- >I tell myself that I need to be ruthless and cut a part out, I will
- >usually find some excuse to leave it in.
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- Whereas my writings, on the other hand, are entirely composed of said
- "darlings". It all depends on your taste.
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- mdw
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