Comment by Nevermark

> "“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” - William Faulkner [0]

This quote is becoming a cliche. Perhaps because it provides such helpful dramatic motivation to the act of maintaining creative quality through active negative selection. When have the freedom to create things we want, that can be hard.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79715-in-writing-you-must-k...