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college-first · 2 days

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#felicity jones #kit walker #break up #caferacer #eyeless jack #kill your darlings #jim hopper #takashi shirogane #i am not okay with this #cherry blossom #huge hooters #lesbian kissing

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deadpoet-skull · 2 years

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#dark academia #poetry #sad poetry #poets on tumblr #dead poetry #chaotic academia #dead poets society #dead poetic #dead poets live #kill your darlings

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tlbodine · 1 year

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For the last goddamn time...

"Kill your darlings" means "if something is holding you back, get rid of it, even if it sounds pretty."

That's it! That's all it means! It means if you're stuck and stalled out on your story and you could fix the whole block by removing something but you're avoiding removing that thing because it's good, you remove that thing. That's the darling.

It does NOT mean

That you have to get rid of your self-indulgent writing

That you should delete something just because you like it (?wtf?)

That you need to kill off characters (??? what)

That you have to pare your story down to the absolute bare bones

That you have to delete anything whatsoever if you don't want to

The POINT is that you STOP FEELING GUILTY for throwing out good writing that isn't SERVING THE STORY.

The POINT is that you don't get so HUNG UP on the details that you lose sight of the BIG PICTURE.

Good grief....

#writing advice #writing tips #kill your darlings

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shakespearesdaughters · 7 months

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oscarwildin · 11 months

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dead poets society changed my life because john keating is so right. i read and write poetry because i’m a member of the human race. i do need to seize the day. words and ideas do change the world. i am filled with passion.

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reggieslocket · 3 months

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ah yes the inherent homoeroticism of taking the cigarette out of your friend's mouth

#kill your darlings #kill your darlings 2013 #kill your darlings movie #lucien carr #allen ginsberg #lucien x allen #allen x lucien #daniel radcliffe #dane dehaan #munich the edge of war #hugh legat #paul von hartman #hugh x paul #paul x hugh #jannis niewöhner #george mackay #dark academia #dark academia movies

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natalia-hart123 · 7 months

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#dark academia #dark academia books #if we were villains #tsh #donna tartt #the secret history #poetry #edgar allan poe #wlw #coffee #dps #dead poets society #kill your darlings #paintings #nataliahart

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thewildetyme · 2 years

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Kill Your Darlings (2013 film)

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tianaahhhh · 7 months

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bozoclowncake · 1 year

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My entire taste in media is "gay people commit murder and are mentally unwell" and i think thats beautiful

#these violent delights #hannibal #iwwv #herbert west #gotham #nygmobblepot #micah nemerever #a lesson in vengeance #if we were villains #the sandman #tsh #mine #kill your darlings

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writingwithfolklore · 1 month

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When to Cut a Character

Last time we talked about getting rid of what’s not serving your story, but sometimes it can be hard to tell when something just needs a bit of adjusting to work, or needs to be cut entirely. This is a very case-by-case occurrence, but there are a few tell-tale signs for when a character just isn’t necessary.

1. You struggle to remember to include them in scenes or dialogue

If you often feel like you’re adding your character into a scene just because we haven’t seen them in a while, or even find yourself forgetting they exist at all—they are just as, if not more forgettable to the readers. This is a big sign you can cut them out, and save yourself the effort of including them in random scenes.

2. Their dialogue/purpose could be given to someone else

The best way to check if someone (or something) is necessary is to try to take them out. If you find that you can give a character’s plot importance and dialogue to someone else (or split across multiple characters), you can cut the character. By trying this with all your characters, you’ll find that only the absolute necessary ones remain. Besides, a smaller cast of characters is often easier to develop and juggle, allowing them all to shine throughout the story.

3. They only really show up as a plot device

While maybe not necessary to cut out completely, characters who only show up at the most convenient times to provide some plot device or deus ex machina tend to land flat. When I catch these in my own work, I cut them out to force my main characters to solve their own problems.

One big example of this (and spoilers for the movie Passenger (2016)!) is when the characters, who are the only ones awake on the ship, need access to a certain room they don’t have the clearance for. This door proves an obstacle for the entire movie. Then, we reach the third act and need to end the movie so one of the other passengers who has access to that door wakes up because of a sudden malfunction, helps them through the door, and then dies soon after.

Given that was in a blockbuster movie, I’m sure you could get away with doing this, but I personally would have cut out that character and figured out a way for them to solve the problem on their own. (I think even if they had woken him up intentionally, giving them action and agency to solve this problem, it would have been better, but I digress).

There are tons of purposes for characters which is what makes this so case by case. If you’re unsure about a character being necessary, try taking them out and evaluate what is lost. If nothing is lost, or whatever’s lost can be made up by someone else, maybe the cut should be permanent.

Any other signs a character is worth writing out of the story?

#writing #creative writing #writers #screenwriting #writing community #writing inspiration #filmmaking #books #film #writing advice #when to cut a character #kill your darlings

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lunamonchtuna · 7 months

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— Allen Ginsberg to Peter Orlovsky (1958) (via lunamonchtuna)

#poetry #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #book quotes #quotes #lovecore #romantic academia #allen ginsberg #kill your darlings #peter orlovsky

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oops-ididit · 7 months

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if i ever had amnesia, i think the first thing i’d do would be read all the fics i have bookmarked on ao3. getting a second chance to read them for the first time? sign me up.

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deadpoet-skull · 2 years

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i hope everything reminds you of me. not as a blessing, as a curse.

#dark academia #poetry #sad poetry #poets on tumblr #dead poetry #chaotic academia #dead poets society #dead poetic #dead poets live #kill your darlings

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princessmarigolds · 2 years

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where am i gonna get academic validation after i’m done with school

#academia #dark academia #light academia #the secret history #classic academia #romantic academia #chaotic academia #dead poets society #kill your darlings #aesthetic #da aesthetic #if we were villains #poetry #school #da #literature #relatable #academic validation

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oscarwildin · 8 days

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the secret history winter or call me by your name summer

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