Focus Your Flash: Feature, Move, or Kill Your Darlings, Susan Jessen, Intrepidus Ink, Aug 2025

Focus Your Flash: Feature, Move, or Kill Your Darlings

A “darling” is any part of a piece that isn’t essential. Darlings have the potential to steal the focus away from the heart of a story. Darlings can waste word count and break the special spell superb stories cast. Featuring, moving, or killing these beloved bits can free up word count, improve pacing, and keep […]

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