Find out what you most want to say then try very hard not to say it. (Stendhal)
Run your pen through every second word you have written. You have no idea what vigour it will give to your style. (Sydney Smith.)
Clean white paper waiting under a pen is the gift beyond history, hurt or heaven. (A concentration camp survivor.)
Murder your darlings. (Arthhur Quiller-Couch)
Murder your darlings (Arthur Quiller Couch)
ReplyDeletei feel like murdering ALL my "darlings"!!
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