Who said ???

[Clearrr]

An author said, "And kill my darlings" when discussing the editing/rewriting process. I can't recall her name. Any help?

[SRHowen]

King said it in his On Writing book, don't know if he got it elsewhere--it was in reference to editing out the things you wrote that you feel are sooooo good, but that don't aid the story.


Shawn

[CaoPaux]

Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
-- Samuel Johnson

Kill your darlings.
-- William Faulkner

[vstrauss]

Like "write what you know", I suspect this bit of advice is frequently misunderstood.

- Victoria

[detante]

Like "write what you know", I suspect this bit of advice is frequently misunderstood.

Just curious, but what makes you say that, Victoria?

- Jen

[Clearrr]

Thanks, everyone! As best as I can find, it was Faulkner.