tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644796796806029769.post8663424916529999923..comments2023-05-08T10:11:57.815-04:00Comments on The Wandering Quille: Killing Your DarlingsMaggie Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323518786257452997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644796796806029769.post-19039152311107047272015-01-21T16:07:29.042-05:002015-01-21T16:07:29.042-05:00Man, the worst of killing darlings is when you hav...Man, the worst of killing darlings is when you have to do so not because it's a fault in your story, but just because someone famous already did it fifty years before you. That just sucks so much. <br /><br />What I've found though is that killing darlings, even keystone story centerpiece inadvertently ripping off famous people darlings, acts like second thoughts. Stories heal around the gash, and letting go only makes you delve deeper, and whatever wells up to take the original's place is often just as good, or better. Pretty soon it seems ridiculous that it could have been anything else!<br /><br />Long live the Arches. J. A. Ramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325753372228675047noreply@blogger.com