{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"","provider_url":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel","author_name":"Student Contributor","author_url":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/author\/guest\/","title":"When Something You Love Has to Go","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YV2pzqvAHP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/when-something-you-love-has-to-go\/\">When Something You Love Has to Go<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/when-something-you-love-has-to-go\/embed\/#?secret=YV2pzqvAHP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;When Something You Love Has to Go&#8221; &#8212; \" data-secret=\"YV2pzqvAHP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/EditingYourWork-500px-Blog-1-29-300x300.jpg","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"description":"Justin Ferguson, Guest Contributor \u201cKill your darlings.\u201d Unless you\u2019re new to the writing life, you\u2019ve probably heard this phrase before. It refers to chopping out those scenes, plot points, and even characters that you just love but, if you\u2019re honest with yourself, don\u2019t serve the story. And that means they\u2019ve got to go. As writers, most of us know to be on guard against this natural weakness, but how do we go about killing our darlings?"}