Things like "kill your darlings" becomes a doctrine purely because of business goals, not artistic goals. It asks you to erase what you like, so that you can se

Things like "kill your darlings" becomes a doctrine purely because of business goals, not artistic goals. It asks you to erase what you like, so that you can sell it. There is nothing visionary or prophecy-like wisdom in that. It's pure selling, which is considered divine by the capitalist western cultures.