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]]> By: Plot Monkeys » Blog Archive » The Writing Process, A Primer http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-12397 Plot Monkeys » Blog Archive » The Writing Process, A Primer Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:03:10 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-12397 [...] only fix it, but to also tighten up the prose and, as King also repeats Faulkner’s advice to Kill Your Darlings. (Am I the only person who thinks Faulkner didn’t heed his own [...] [...] only fix it, but to also tighten up the prose and, as King also repeats Faulkner’s advice to Kill Your Darlings. (Am I the only person who thinks Faulkner didn’t heed his own [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-10765 Anonymous Mon, 05 May 2008 21:30:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-10765 This one is widely misunderstood in programming as well. See: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KillYourDarlings<br/><br/>Thank you for clearing this up, I always thought it to be very very wrong This one is widely misunderstood in programming as well. See: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KillYourDarlings

Thank you for clearing this up, I always thought it to be very very wrong

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-9600 Anonymous Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:52:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-9600 New to the writers blogs, just stumbled on this one. I was very impressed with "love the book, not the scene" as I've been wrestling with a particular scene, unable to make it fit seamlessly. (tsk, tsk, an adverb.) This general piece of advice has been particularly useful. New to the writers blogs, just stumbled on this one. I was very impressed with “love the book, not the scene” as I’ve been wrestling with a particular scene, unable to make it fit seamlessly. (tsk, tsk, an adverb.) This general piece of advice has been particularly useful.

]]> By: Sandman7 http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-5783 Sandman7 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:09:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-5783 Funny you should mention this.<br/><br/>The first piece of fiction I sold had been edited by a friend of mine who is a professional editor. She advised me that I take out a small paragraph because it wasn't moving the story along. Even though I liked the paragraph I took it out anyway and saw that she was right. It did help the story.<br/><br/>The other stuff I liked a lot (including one really funny scene) she said I could keep.<br/><br/>So you are right, because you like something doesn't mean it is right for your work but it doesn't imediately mean it is bad for it.<br/><br/>Thanks for pointing that out. Funny you should mention this.

The first piece of fiction I sold had been edited by a friend of mine who is a professional editor. She advised me that I take out a small paragraph because it wasn’t moving the story along. Even though I liked the paragraph I took it out anyway and saw that she was right. It did help the story.

The other stuff I liked a lot (including one really funny scene) she said I could keep.

So you are right, because you like something doesn’t mean it is right for your work but it doesn’t imediately mean it is bad for it.

Thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 Diana Peterfreund Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:03:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-1107 “Well, technically, he overused “was” in this paragraph.”<br/><br/>Oh, Charity, are you <i>kidding</i> me?!?!?! They really said that? Can you pass the hankie?<br/><br/>Talk about what Jo Leigh had said about not being able to see the forest for the trees! <br/><br/>I suppose these people are not big fans of the God who is called "I am", huh? Okay, all heresy aside...<br/><br/>Sheesh.<br/><br/>All words are tools, to be used by the writer as she sees fit. If you look at a gorgeous table, you have no right to say whether or not the table maker used oak or cherry. If the cherry makes the table warped, then fine. <br/><br/>Oh, and someone smacked me upside the head the other day on the adverb front, talking about the Anglican wedding ceremony,w hich is beautiful, and that whole "not to be undertaking lightly, but reverently, discretely, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God..."<br/><br/>So fine. My name is Diana, and I admit that adverbs have their place.<br/><br/>Go party, Natalie and Teri. ;-P “Well, technically, he overused “was” in this paragraph.”

Oh, Charity, are you kidding me?!?!?! They really said that? Can you pass the hankie?

Talk about what Jo Leigh had said about not being able to see the forest for the trees!

I suppose these people are not big fans of the God who is called “I am”, huh? Okay, all heresy aside…

Sheesh.

All words are tools, to be used by the writer as she sees fit. If you look at a gorgeous table, you have no right to say whether or not the table maker used oak or cherry. If the cherry makes the table warped, then fine.

Oh, and someone smacked me upside the head the other day on the adverb front, talking about the Anglican wedding ceremony,w hich is beautiful, and that whole “not to be undertaking lightly, but reverently, discretely, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God…”

So fine. My name is Diana, and I admit that adverbs have their place.

Go party, Natalie and Teri. ;-P

]]> By: Charity http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Charity Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:22:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-1106 Oh, you mentioned Nabokov! That’s one way to get me to de-lurk. You know, a while back I had a (cyber) discussion with someone on your first good gone bad post, whether the use of “was” and other “to be” verbs was passive voice (and I went through the same hoops and sentence examples to no avail). I even brought in the big guns and posted this:<br/><br/><i>Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She WAS Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.</i><br/><br/>What does Nabokov get for his efforts? The toss off comment of: “Well, technically, he overused “was” in this paragraph.”<br/><br/>Once I stopped weeping for my generation, I backed from the (cyber) room, never to return.<br/><br/>Great series. Looking forward to more. Oh, you mentioned Nabokov! That’s one way to get me to de-lurk. You know, a while back I had a (cyber) discussion with someone on your first good gone bad post, whether the use of “was” and other “to be” verbs was passive voice (and I went through the same hoops and sentence examples to no avail). I even brought in the big guns and posted this:

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She WAS Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.

What does Nabokov get for his efforts? The toss off comment of: “Well, technically, he overused “was” in this paragraph.”

Once I stopped weeping for my generation, I backed from the (cyber) room, never to return.

Great series. Looking forward to more.

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Diana Peterfreund Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:30:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/when-good-advice-goes-bad-part-two-kill-your-darlings/#comment-1103 That last comment was a response to the advice that Rachel received. Just to clarify. That last comment was a response to the advice that Rachel received. Just to clarify.

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