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Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?
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Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Why is everyone killing off their main characters? In the academic year 2021-2022 at the liberal arts college where I teach, I was startled by the trend. A plot contagion. Nothing is off limits, I said to my short story

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