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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

entry arrow10:03 AM | Killing My Darlings

About three years ago, I wrote a very long essay about words and the divinity and creativity we attach to them—and I kind of liked it, although something about it felt askew even then. [Even my first reader said so.] I tried submitting it to some publications, but no one bit. [In hindsight, I’m glad no one did.] So I let it sleep for a while. This year, I revisited it, and felt that it was the beginning section that sagged—although it contained several points that were later threaded throughout the rest of the essay. I breathed deep, and decided to “kill my darlings.” I excised the entire beginning, and reworked the later threads. It worked! Now it is going to be published in a very prestigious—and paying!—literary journal.

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