Killing Your Darlings and Finding Your Gems (Episode 66)

Claire and Kacy explain the concept of "killing your darlings"--removing pieces of your writing project that you are reluctant to get rid of, even if doing so would improve the piece. They share three tips to help cope with the difficulty of deleting parts of your work and how to get the most out of this revision process.

Resources:

• Revision
• Revising Strategies web resources
• Revision Strategies: A Three-Part Blog Series
• "Use the Paramedic Method to Resuscitate Your Writing" blog post
• "The 5 Rs of Revision (Episode 14)" WriteCast episode
• Recorded webinar: "Improving Your Writing: Strategies for Revising, Proofing, and Using Feedback"

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