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Back to EpisodesThe "Kill Your Darlings" Mantra for Masterwork Creation
Season 1
Episode 1178
Published 3 weeks ago
Description
Kill Your Darlings. It’s an old writers mantra (credit: William Faulkner) which speaks to the fact that to make your magic real you need to delete everything from your creative project except for that which is absolutely astonishing. Masterwork is much more about what you leave out than put in.
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