#I just scrapped 3 pages of wwhsy and thank god I did because now I've written 1200 words in an hour instead of 1200 words in two weeks

[lockandkeyblade]

Something I think is really important to learn as a writer is how to kill your darlings. And I know this is mostly used as a reference to getting rid of scenes and side plots that do not contribute any value to a story but listen, listen.

Sometimes killing your darlings is being 2000 words into writing a chapter and allowing yourself to open a new document and write from a completely different beginning. Sometimes it's opening a blank document and writing that part from the perspective of a completely different character.

Sometimes killing your darling means sitting back because you have in your head the idea that things must go this way, even though it feels like you're pulling teeth to get even one additional sentence out, and you've gotta go-- no. It's okay. I can start again.

Kill your darlings. Let yourself play until the words flow again.