“Kill your darlings!” we were told by William Faulkner, a sentiment we take to heart in our writing and our creative practice. Authors must often rid themselves of their most labored over, most precious passages, for the greater good of the literary work. Unfortunately career planning and career paths ask you to “Kill your darlings” as well, and for me this has been the harder lesson to learn. In careers, as in writing, those things you spent the most time on, that you poured yourself and your heart into, sometimes do not have a place in the … [Read more...]