The writing advice ‘kill your darlings’ has a wealth of editorial application in the digital age of self-publishing — Anyone who’s ever thought seriously about writing for a living has probably heard the phrase, ‘In writing you must kill all your darlings’, an expression credited to the American author and Nobel Prize laureate, William Faulkner. But what does it mean? The phrase is widely abbreviated to ‘kill your darlings’…

Consuming less content but reading more thoroughly is how you will improve — One of the easiest ways that you can become a better writer is by being a better reader. That doesn’t just mean reading lots, which is definitely important in terms of substantiating your opinions and making you seem informed to your audience. It means being an active reader. What is an active reader? An active…