Who said ???

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

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

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

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

- Victoria

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

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

- Jen

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