Comments on: Guinea Pig Diaries: Little Darlings Anonymous

By: chris

chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:44:49 +0000

I began tweeting today and I don’t get it. 140 characters? What is that! How many words? Is there some guide you go by? 140? What is that! I mean, what can you possibly say in only

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Deadly Sin #7–Drifting in the Doldrums « Kristen Lamb's Blog — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:18:38 +0000

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Mind Sieve 8/29/11 « Gloria Oliver — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:40:42 +0000

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Blog Treasures 8-27 « Gene Lempp's Blog — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:58:16 +0000

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By: Wendy Dewar Hughes

Wendy Dewar Hughes — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:44:14 +0000

This is not dissimilar to people who start a business and give it a name that means something only to them, like an inside joke that their customers never get unless it is explained (usually ad nauseum).

Your use of humour softens the cut but you do speak the truth. When the reader’s experience of the story is more important than the writer’s warm-fuzzies about the “darlings”, good writing can prevail.

By: Donna J Davis (@donnaamisdavis)

Donna J Davis (@donnaamisdavis) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:18:35 +0000

Thanks for this post. You two give a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. Question: how soon should I let a critique group see my WIP? I’m just getting started, and I guess I’m afraid that killing my Little Darlings might leave me spread out on the sidewalk, unable to revive. I need to get over that, don’t I?

By: Myndi Shafer

Myndi Shafer — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:51:44 +0000

*shivers*

I’m the one in the back corner, rocking myself and whimpering, muttering, “I don’t have a problem. I don’t know why I came. I’m not like these people.” All the while I’m clutching my precious little darlings to my chest.

Anyone besides me a little schizo about this? One second I’m saying, “Oh, yeah. That character can totally go. That chapter isn’t necessary. Etc, etc.” The next I’m breaking out into a cold sweat, frantically closing the doc without saving the changes I’d made. “It’s fine the way it was. Those gazillion agents who rejected it are full of shiza.”

*eye-roll at self*

Writing, I’ve decided, makes a mess of otherwise well-balanced folk. Lordy.

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Star Castles and a Star Mash-Up « Angela Wallace ~ Believe, Dream, Awaken — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:14:24 +0000

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By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:41:26 +0000

In reply to Samuel. Yeah, I noticed that after I'd posted. Little darlings are the shiny bits of prose we just love and cannot bear to let go. Often they are the pieces of writing hiding the greatest flaws and weaknesses in our novels. Sorry I overlooked that. Thanks.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:52:08 +0000

Somehow, within all the tongue-in-cheek humor here, its not made perfectly clear what a Little Darling IS, or how to avoid them or edit them during the plotting and writing. How about some clarification please?