Constructively Killing Their Darlings, or How I Learned to Stop Wielding My Pen Like a Sword
by Nicole Gallucci “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” —Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft I never really received substantial feedback on writing assignments during the first three years of my undergraduate career. I labored over my writing, always striving for…