This whole kill your darlings thing...someone posted an ask to Neil Gaiman about it over on Tumblr & his reply was quite tender.

https://at.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/hi-neil-apologies-if-this-or-a-question-like-it/15t8c3rfnkqu

I have a long scene in my WIP academic mystery that shows one of my characters before he dies. The gent is not entirely lovely but when I reread that scene I almost always cry.

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