Why Writers Must Learn to Kill Their Favorite Scenes to Create Unforgettable Stories
Killing Scenes and Chapters
But let’s get away from killing off characters because “kill your darlings” goes beyond characters.
We all have paragraphs, scenes, and chapters that we’re proud of. For whatever reason, we get attached to these parts of our work. If we realize that a favorite scene is not moving the story forward or providing characterization, we have to contemplate cutting it. We might try to revise it and work something important into it so we can save it, but some scenes can’t be resuscitated. They must be cut in order to maintain the integrity of the manuscript.
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